Renewal and Telecommunications Over the last 25 years, Saint Lucia - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

D. Tracy Polius Permanent Secretary, Department of Housing, Urban Renewal and Telecommunications

 Over the last 25 years, Saint Lucia has Event Year Dam./L % of GDP experienced average annual historical oss losses of about USD 40 million (US$ M) Source: WB analysis of DesInventar and CDB Christmas 2013 $99.8 8.3 Trough Costs to Saint Lucia associated with  Hurricane 2010 $336.0 43 Climate Change Impacts have been estimated at US$59 m (PPP) in 2010 and Tomas are estimated to rise to US$541m (PPP) Hurricane 2007 $18.8 1.6 by 2030 . (Source DARA Climate Vulnerability Monitor) Dean Hurricane 2004 $2.6 0.24 In long term, Saint Lucia would have to set • aside about .5% of current GDP each Ivan year (USD 7.6 million) for earthquakes and Trop. Storm 2002 $20.0 2.2 windstorms. (Source CCRIF) Lily

Hurricane Tomas December 2013 Trough

Government Actions Assessment Methodology  Initial response coordinated by NEMO,  DaLA methodology developed by UN- Ministry of Infrastructure and other ECLAC and expanded by GFDRR agencies  Broadly reflects damage to assets and loss  Coordinated the Damage and Loss to economic flows Assessment (DALA) with technical assistance from the World Bank.  Summarizes approximate total macroeconomic impact  Coordinated the Post Disaster Needs Assessment in collaboration with UNDP,  Reconstruction needs are included as a OECS and UNECLAC financing element with a view to building  Prioritization of reconstruction of key back better infrastructural projects

Hurricane Tomas December 2013 Trough Education Water, Agriculture and Health Electricity and Water, 13% 1% Telecoms Electricity Agriculture 7% &Telecom Tourism 29% 13% 2% Housing 4% Commerce 1% Transportation Infrastructure 23% Tourism 11% Education & Health Commerce Housing Transport 2% 4% 18% 72%

 Hydro-met events typically impact the country significantly  Transportation sector significantly affected by the events  Water sector highly vulnerable  Map overlay shows areas of high rainfall coincide with areas of high poverty  Limited level of redundancy in the provision of key services – water and electricity

 Resilient Recovery and Reconstruction  Improve Resilience through Disaster Risk Reduction Measures  Risk Identification and Assessment  Strengthen Disaster Risk Preparedness  Disaster Risk Financing Strategy

 Recovery measures – housing, schools, roads  Implementation of structural measures to restore road network, improve drainage and slope stabilization  Implementation of projects to build in redundancy into water supply, improve water quality and watershed management  Policy decision on diversification of electricity supply  Technical Assistance Programme aimed at risk identification, risk mapping, valuation of assets.  TA Programme to develop risk financing strategy