Browsing Tag

#recoveryandresilience

Bolstering Resilience for Vulnerable Countries

Michelle Nurse Nov 17, 2017 0

In light of the devastation caused by the recent hurricanes, and the anticipation of more frequent events of a similar nature, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held an official COP23 Side…
Read More...

IMF willing to help hurricane-ravaged Caribbean countries — Lagarde

Tusankine English Nov 17, 2017 0

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, says her organisation is willing to help the Caribbean countries severely affected by the passage of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. “The IMF…
Read More...

How to build back better after a hurricane with the next one a few months away

Michelle Nurse Nov 17, 2017 0

OP-ED By Irwin LaRocque and Achim Steiner* Imagine relocating the entire population of your country in the face of a colossal hurricane and two months later still not being able to get back home. Now imagine spending several…
Read More...

Help SIDS to help themselves – PM Chastanet issues call at COP23

Michelle Nurse Nov 16, 2017 0

"I call on developed countries to help SIDS help themselves. We cannot wait till 2020 to see finance to deal with the emergency situations, build resilience in our countries as far as possible, and the loss and damage that is already…
Read More...

Building back better: The Caribbean’s wind of change

Michelle Nurse Nov 13, 2017 0

British billionaire Richard Branson called it a Marshall Plan for the Caribbean. Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne called it ”building on a sustainable basis in order to limit the impact” of future natural disaster.…
Read More...

Prev Next