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Caribbean Community Early Warning Systems Assessment

vanita.redoy
November 3, 2023

Climate change, lack of proper urban planning, increased urbanization, and increases in population are some of the key drivers of vulnerability in the Caribbean region. These factors contribute to the region being prone to a multitude of hazards including, but not limited to, hydrometeorological (hurricanes and drought), seismic (earthquakes) and biological (vector borne diseases such as dengue and zika). The IFRC and the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) encourages the establishment of early warning systems as a means to enhance national and community disaster resilience. The various national societies within the region participated and implemented EWS projects in their respective countries.

Topics

Early Warning Systems , Resilience and Disaster Risk Management

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Americas , Antigua And Barbuda , Argentina , Aruba , Bahamas , Barbados , Belize , Bermuda , Bolivia , Brazil , Canada , Cayman Islands , Chile , Colombia , Costa Rica , Cuba , Dominica , Dominican Republic , Ecuador , El Salvador , French Guiana , Greenland , Grenada , Guadeloupe , Guatemala , Guyana , Haiti , Honduras , Jamaica , Martinique (France) , Mexico , Montserrat , Netherlands Antilles , Nicaragua , Panama , Paraguay , Peru , Saint Kitts And Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , Turks And Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) , United States of America , Uruguay , Venezuela

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