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The UWI and CDEMA renew commitment to chart resilient pathways
The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. Thursday, December 16, 2021—The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on December 9, 2021, to renew a joint commitment to…
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OECS Commission hosts successful COVID-19 resurgence contingency planning workshop
Three virtual capacity building workshops provided education professionals with the skills and tools to build resilient education systems in the face of pandemics and other emergencies. Thursday, October 28, 2021 — In February 2021, the Education Development Management Unit (EDMU) of…
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CRFM and CDEMA sign MOU on disaster management in fisheries
Belize City, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 (CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) to enhance comprehensive disaster management and climate change resilience in the fisheries and aquaculture…
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Caribbean region to benefit from increased humanitarian assistance
By CDEMA (PRESS RELEASE) – The Caribbean region is poised to benefit from increased humanitarian assistance following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and humanitarian service provider, Rescue Global (RG)….
TCI heads Caribbean disaster control group
By Olivia Rose From TC Weekly A TCI Government minister has been called on to head a regional disaster management body. Hon. Vaden Delroy Williams, Minister Home Affairs, Agriculture and Human Services, has assumed the role of chairperson of the…
Respect for Creation: Leaders and Religious Groups Confront Climate Change in the Caribbean and South Pacific Islands
By Julianne Liebenguth From New Security Beat IIR-Climate-Change-15 Climate change is “unfolding as we speak,” said John Agard, professor of Tropical Island Ecology at the University of the West Indies (UWI) at a recent public forum on island nations hosted…
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Members of the Natural Disaster Risk Management Programme join the 10th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management
NDRM participates in the 10th CDM Caribbean Conference in Nassau 4-9 December Nassau, December 5th of 2017 – Representatives of the Natural Disaster Risk Management Programme for the Caribbean Region (NDRM) are participating today in the 10th edition of the…
Dominica: A Caribbean island rebuilds “from zero”
By Ben Parker From Irin News In a rare live-blog from the prime minister of a country grappling with disaster, Dominica’s Roosevelt Skerrit described his own roof being torn off by Hurricane Maria. He has now confirmed 25 deaths and…
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Caribbean Diaspora in NY to host “Day of Giving” in support of Hurricane Affected Islands
From South Florida Caribbean News New York – Saturday, October 7th has been designated “Caribbean Day of Giving”. On that day, the Caribbean Diaspora and friends of the Caribbean will be taking action in the form of a radiothon to…
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In Irma recovery, Caribbean Islands on unequal footing
From The Economist The region must work more together to prepare for and respond to disasters BEFORE tearing up parts of Florida, Hurricane Irma ravaged whole Caribbean islands. In doing so, it exposed the strange territorial shreds that make up…
