"Climate Change is not inevitable." - Prof. Anthony Clayton
The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report stated that limiting Global Warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels could help to limit some of the worst effects of Climate Change.
The Caribbean region is, as a result of its unique position, more vulnerable to the excesses of climate than other areas of the world. We have to consider our entire way of life and take actions that will limit our contribution to the changing climate.
The ‘Enhancing Knowledge and Application of Comprehensive Disaster Management (EKACDM Initiative)’ is a five-year Project whose ultimate outcome is the implementation of the CARICOM Enhanced Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Framework (2007) to reduce the impacts of natural and technological hazards, and the effect of climate change, on men, women, and children in the region. The Initiative, which commenced in September 2013, will establish an effective mechanism and programme to manage knowledge in CDM, which is Priority Outcome 2 of the CDM Strategy of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA).