TCIG is seeking to include Climate Change Adaptation strategies into the disaster management system of the Turks and Caicos Islands in a region-wide collaborative effort that is expected to prepare vulnerable Caribbean nations for the effects of climate change.
As part of these efforts, the Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies (DDME) in collaboration with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) COMMENCED hosting the two days of consultation which got on the way today July 24 and will conclude tomorrow July 25, 2013.
The consultation aims to, among other things identify existing, alternative and viable options for disaster risk reduction and will examine the TCIG draft Country Work Plan which charts a course of action for 2013-2020. It is also intended that the consultation will help the TCI to integrate climate change considerations into a draft climate smart CDM country plan.
Specifically the consultation will seek to:
• To develop an awareness of climate change and climate change impacts at the national level including existing development challenges, vulnerabilities and future risks focusing on hydro-meteorological hazards and events;
• To identify existing and alternative adaptation options for disaster risk reduction nationally sectorally and gaps in current capacities;
• To prioritise and sequence viable adaptation options into entry points and actions that build on the current comprehensive disaster management country work programme framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Dr. Virginia Clerveaux kicked off the consultation with her opening remarks Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies Conference Room,
