2.2.3 Building Environmental Resilience
2.2.3.1 Introduction
Every Member State within CARICOM is vulnerable to the effects of climate change and poor
environmental management. Climate change is a significant threat to Member States within the
Community and the Caribbean Sea itself. The Region is prone to an increased incidence of
severe weather, coastal zone erosion, effects on flora, fauna and agriculture and other
concerns. In that regard, CARICOM will strongly advocate for the Region’s special needs and
considerations as it relates to building environmental resilience, in the context of the global
discourse on SIDS (in 2014) and the UN Post 2015 Development Agenda and Sustainable
Development Goals.
Further, over the plan period, the following
strategic initiatives will be pursued:
Advancing
Mitigation;
Climate
Adaptation
Mitigation
and
Advancing Disaster
Management;
and
Enhancing
Management
of
the
Environment and Natural Resources.
Climate Adaptation
and Mitigation
Disaster Mitigation
and Management
Management of the
Environment and
Natural Resources
2.2.3.2 Goal
To reduce vulnerability to disaster risk and the effects of climate change and ensure
effective management of the natural resources across Member States.
2.2.3.3 Strategies
1.
ENV 1 – Advance Climate Adaptation and Mitigation viz.
(a)
Ensure the periodic updating of the Regional Framework for Achieving
Development Resilient to Climate Change and the Implementation Plan 2011 –
2021 to guarantee continued currency with national and regional development
imperatives;
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