Browsing Reports, Books and Booklets by Country/Region "Barbados"
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An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in the Caribbean
The present report assesses the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana, ... -
Assessment Report for Select Countries in Respect of the Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-based Sources and Activities (LBS Protocol) - CEP Technical Report 78
(2013-01)This report provides an assessment of the status of seven countries in respect of the Protocol concerning pollution from land-based sources and activities (LBS Protocol). The report was commissioned by the Caribbean ... -
Barbados - National Report for Third International Conference
In charting a path to Sustainable Development, the Government of Barbados designs and incorporates policies and programmes that take into account special defining characteristics of a Small Island Developing State that ... -
Barbados national assessment report of progress made in addressing vulnerabilities of SIDS through Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for Further Implementation(MSI) of the Barbados Programme of Action
The United Nations General Assembly (GA) Resolution 63/213 (February 2009) reaffirmed the GA decision 62/191 to review the progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of small island developing states through the ... -
Barbados' Green Economy Scoping Study
The inclusion of green policy objectives in Barbados can be traced to the National Strategic Plan (2006-2025) and the Budget Speech of 2007. The process was given further impetus in 2009 when the then Prime Minister laid ... -
Charting a New Course for Wastewater Management in the Wider Caribbean Region: GEF CReW’s Journey - CEP Technical Report 94
(2016-05)The proper collection, treatment, and disposal of wastewater is essential to protecting human health as well as to protect the natural environment. The Caribbean Sea Ecosystem Assessment (CARSEA) , 2007, also found that ... -
Climate Change and the Cost of Capital in Developing Countries: Assessing the Impact of Climate Risks on Sovereign Borrowing Costs
(2018)This collaborative research project between Imperial College Business School and SOAS has been commissioned by UN Environment, with generous financial support from the MAVA Foundation. The study finds that climate risks ... -
Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)In 2013, UNEP identified priority emerging environmental issues that are of concern to small island developing states (SIDS). This report provides an overview of 20 issues critical to the sustainable development of SIDS. ... -
Estado de la Movilidad Eléctrica: América Latina y el Caribe 2019
(2020)Esta es la tercera edición del informe regional sobre movilidad eléctrica en América Latina y el Caribe, para el año 2019, desarrollado por la plataforma MOVE de la Oficina Regional del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para ... -
Green economy scoping study: synthesis report Barbados
(UNEP, 2012)Almost sixty years ago, Barbados embarked on a plan to diversify its economy away from sugar towards tourism. This vision resulted in the transformation of the island and provided its citizens a higher standard of living. ... -
Integrated Watershed and Coastal Areas Management (IWCAM) Atlas
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)The Global Environment Facility (GEF), 2012)In the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), high population densities, combined with population growth, urbanization and increased development, particularly residential and tourist resort development, has led ... -
Island Biodiversity – Island Bright Spots in Conservation & Sustainability
(Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2014)Islands are taking action to effectively conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable livelihoods. Despite significant vulnerabilities facing islands, leaders of island countries and countries with islands have made ... -
Marine Environmental Centres: Caribbean
(1985)This publication is a contribution to the UNEP sponsored regional Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme adopted at the intergovernmental meeting convened by UNEP in Montego Bay. Jamaica, 6-8 April 1981***. ... -
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management (RAPMali) for the Wider Caribbean Region 2014 - CEP Technical Report: 72
(2014)This document provides an update to the 2008 “Marine Litter in the Wider Caribbean: A Regional Overview & Action Plan” (RAPMaLi). The primary action categories addressed in this document include: a) Legislation, Policies ... -
Regional Guidelines for Developing, Reviewing and/or Updating National Wastewater Management Plans - CEP Technical Report 87. GEF Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management Project (GEF CReW)
(2015-02)These Guidelines provide the steps required to develop a wastewater management plan (WWMP). They specify the factors that should be taken into consideration in developing the Plan and identify the actors and stakeholders ... -
Report on Integrating Management of Watersheds and Coastal Areas in Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean: The Barbados National Report
(Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI)United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), 2001)Barbados is signatory to a number of international plans of action or declarations such as the Plan Of Action for Small Island Developing States, Barbados, 1994, San Jose Declaration, Costa Rica, 1996, Plan of Action for ... -
Review of the Access to, Availability of, and Organizational Readiness for Uptake of Funding for the Wastewater Sector in Selected Participating Countries - CEP Technical Report 84
(2014-03)The Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management (CReW) has realized that simply providing funds may not be enough to solve the challenges participating countries face in managing wastewater treatment. Therefore, ... -
Small Island Developing States in numbers
(Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), 2013)SIDS In Numbers provides, at a glance, a snapshot of some select key SIDS indicators grouped under the three dimensions of sustainable development -
Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012
(Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, 2014)This report is the most detailed and comprehensive study of its kind published to date – the result of the work of 90 experts over the course of three years. It contains the analysis of more than 35,000 surveys conducted ...