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Saint Lucia + 11 others
Caribbean Looks at Financial Approach to Combat Climate Change

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Jun 15 2013 (IPS) - The Caribbean has the unenviable reputation as one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world, a situation exacerbated by climate change and vulnerability that experts warn could have significant economic consequences if unaddressed.

As a result, a comprehensive strategy to build Caribbean resilience ought to include adaptation to the effects of climate change, Warren Smith, president of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the region’s premier lending institution, has suggested.

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Guatemala + 30 others
Boletín de la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional - Enero - Marzo 2013

Mensajes principales

  • América Latina y el Caribe, continúa fortaleciendo su compromiso político con la erradicación del hambre: la Primera Cumbre de la CELAC, celebrada en Santiago de Chile a comienzos de 2013, sirvió para reafirmar este compromiso con la promoción de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en los países de la región.

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World + 4 others
How Rap Music is Saving Lives in the Caribbean

Hurricane Preparedness Week is May 26 through June 1, following the release of the official forecast for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. This week, USAID is highlighting the work we do to help disaster-prone countries prepare for and recover from hurricanes.

AUTHOR: Robyn Fieser, Regional Information Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, Catholic Relief Services

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Haiti + 14 others
FAO y Gobierno de Chile se asocian para apoyar a los países del Caribe a mejorar su Seguridad Alimentaria

Esta alianza busca asistir a los países miembros del CARICOM, para hacer operativa la Agencia Caribeña de Sanidad Agropecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria (CAHFSA).

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World + 8 others
Climate Change: Sector Results Profile

Report
World Bank

Reinforcing Synergies between Development and Climate Change

A team of climate experts investigates the climate catastrophe that is brewing in countries like Nepal and Bangladesh. They discover victims of climate change who never made the headlines and find evidence that climate change has already started to hurt the countries' economies.

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Haiti + 5 others
Agricultural Risk Management in the Caribbean: Lessons and Experiences 2009-2012

Report
World Bank

Agriculture in Haiti: Highly Vulnerable, Mostly Uninsured

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

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Haiti + 37 others
Successful Caribbean test demonstrates progress in regional tsunami readiness

Over 44,000 people from 30 Members States and 15 of the territories* in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions participated in the second full scale regional tsunami exercise held on March 20, 2013.

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Haiti + 36 others
Full-scale test today of Caribbean tsunami warning system

Thirty-two countries* will participate in a full-scale tsunami alert exercise in the Caribbean on 20 March 2013. The goal is to test the reaction capacity in countries of the Caribbean and adjacent regions, including the East Coast of Canada and the United States, the Gulf of Mexico and Bermuda. The exercise was organized under the auspices of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).

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Jamaica + 6 others
CCRIF News, January 2013

In this issue

  • Memorandum of Understanding with UWI-SRC

  • World Bank Implementation Completion and Results Report on CCRIF

  • Work Programmes with Regional Organisations

  • CCRIF Technical Assistance Programme

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Haiti + 13 others
CCRIF Semiannual Report 1 June – 30 November 2012

INTRODUCTION

This report, for the period 1 June – 30 November 2012, is the first semiannual report, covering the first six months in the 2012/2013 fiscal and policy year for CCRIF. It is designed to provide an update on progress during this period towards achievement of CCRIF’s Strategic Objectives (see Figure 1) as defined in the CCRIF Strategic Plan 2012/2013 – 2014/2015. In providing this progress update, this report also illustrates how the Facility upholds its customer values.

The report presents:

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Guatemala + 31 others
Boletín de la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional - Octubre - Diciembre 2012

Mensajes principales

  • El año 2012 cerró con señales positivas para la región en materia de crecimiento económico, ya que América Latina y el Caribe se expandió 3,1% en el año, muy por sobre las economías avanzadas. Para 2013, en tanto, se espera un crecimiento de 3,6%.

  • El índice de precios internacionales de los alimentos de la FAO mostró una reducción de 7% en 2012, como consecuencia de bajas generalizadas en todos los grupos de alimentos y especialmente del azúcar, los lácteos y los aceites y grasas.

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In Caribbean, Climate-Smart Agriculture Bolsters Farm Production

By Desmond Brown

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, Jan 13 2013 (IPS) - A new initiative is catching on in the Caribbean that aims to increase and sustain agricultural productivity by incorporating information about weather and climate into the farming process, all under the umbrella of climate-smart agriculture.

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Guatemala + 29 others
Boletín de la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional - Julio-Septiembre 2012

Mensajes Principales

  • Durante el mes de octubre, la FAO publicó las nuevas cifras de subnutrición en el mundo. De acuerdo a éstas, hoy existen 868 millones de personas que pasan hambre a nivel mundial y 49 millones de personas en igual condición en América Latina y el Caribe. Si bien esta cifra representa un avance en la región respecto al trienio previo (2007-09) el ritmo de reducción de la subnutrición se ha reducido como consecuencia de las crisis económicas de los últimos años.

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OFID Governing Board approves new loans and grants to boost socio-economic development

Vienna, Austria, December 12, 2012. The Governing Board of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), meeting in its 141st Session, has approved 22 loans and grants totaling nearly US$300 million to boost socio-economic development in 23 partner countries. The bulk of the public sector loans will co-finance projects aimed at enhancing the transportation and energy sectors of the recipient countries, as well as the agriculture, education and health sectors.

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World + 12 others
BM: La seguridad alimentaria de los más vulnerables

Report
World Bank

CIUDAD DE PANAMÁ, 6 de diciembre de 2012 – Un nuevo conjunto de herramientas busca garantizar la salud y la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de las madres vulnerables y sus niños en América Latina y el Caribe en caso de eventos económicos externos adversos o desastres naturales.

Diseñado por expertos del Banco Mundial, el manual provee asesoría en programas de respuesta nutricional de emergencia para gestores de políticas en la región, que se reúnen en una conferencia especializada los días 6 y 7 de diciembre para evaluar la iniciativa.

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Grenada + 1 other
German funded Climate Change Project to commence in 2013

Thursday, November 22, 2012 11:16 AM - St. George's, Grenada

St George’s, Grenada, 22 November, 2012: A two member delegation from the German International Cooperation (GIZ), the implementing agency of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany met with Ministry of Environment officials this week to finalise plans for the implementation of climate change adaptation project for Grenada which will begin in 2013 for a period of four (4) years.

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Haiti + 21 others
Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) DIPECHO Caribbean (CHO/DIP/BUD/2013/94000) - Last update 23/10/2012 Version 1

The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2013/01000

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Jamaica + 7 others
New partnership to improve mitigation of risk from earthquakes in the Caribbean

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, November 9, 2012 – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of The University of the West Indies have entered into a partnership to enhance the Accelerometric Network in the Eastern Caribbean and Jamaica in order to strengthen the evaluation and mitigation of seismic risk across the region.

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Haiti + 14 others
Humanitarian Assistance in Review, FY 2003 – 2012: Latin America and the Caribbean

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are highly vulnerable to a range of natural hazards, including droughts, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides, and volcanic eruptions. At times, El Niño meteorological events and poor land use management exacerbate the effects of potential hazards. Several countries in the region also remain vulnerable to civil unrest and associated humanitarian impacts. Between Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 and FY 2012, USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and USAID’s

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National Disaster mechanisms boosted with ERC project support

Government of BVI (GIS), BVI, October 29th, 2012 - The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) in collaboration with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Coordinating Unit, with financial support from the Enhancing Resilience to Reduce Vulnerability in the Caribbean Region (ERC) Project is hosting a stakeholders meeting to discuss the data needs for the DEWETRA Platform and how it can be used within the Caribbean context.