UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges. As they develop local capacity, they draw on the people of UNDP and our wide range of partners. more >>

UNDP Barbados is a sub-regional, multi-country office. It serves a total of 10 territories that include both independent countries and British Overseas Territories in the Eastern Caribbean. These are Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Christopher and Nevis (also called St Kitts and Nevis), Saint Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines. more >>

Le PNUD est le réseau mondial de développement dont dispose le système des Nations Unies. Institution de développement par définition, le PNUD Haïti a, ces dernières années, entrepris de se restructurer afin de mieux répondre aux exigences et défis du nouveau millénaire. Aujourd'hui, plus que jamais, le PNUD se positionne comme étant un partenaire incontournable en vue de coordonner les efforts des partenaires du développement, d'aider à mobiliser les ressources nécessaires à l'amélioration des conditions de vie des populations haïtiennes. more >> Only francais

UNDP Jamaica promotes the advancement of peoples in the islands we serve by supporting good governance, poverty reduction, and sound environmental management; providing quality advisory and support services and building strategic partnerships. Countries covered by UNDP Jamaica include: Jamaica, The Bahamas, The Turks and Caicos Islands, and The Cayman Islands. more >>

The Regional Disaster Information Center (CRID for its Spanish acronym) is an initiative sponsored by six organizations that decided to join efforts to ensure the compilation and dissemination of disaster-related information in Latin America and the Caribbean. more>>

The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) is a training and research organisation formed by the amalgamation of the Caribbean Meteorological Institute (CMI) and Caribbean Operational Hydrological Institute (COHI). The Caribbean Meteorological Institute was established in 1967 by the member states of the Caribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO) while the Caribbean Operational Hydrological Institute (COHI) was established in 1982. more >>

The ISDR aims at building disaster resilient communities by promoting increased awareness of the importance of disaster reduction as an integral component of sustainable development, with the goal of reducing human, social, economic and environmental losses due to natural hazards and related technological and environmental disasters. more >>

PRECIS (Provinding REgional Climates for Impacts Studies), es un sistema de modelado climático regional basado en PC y fue desarrollado por el Hadley Center de la Oficina de Meteorología de Reino Unido, para facilitar su empleo en los países no anexo I de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático. more >> Only spanish

CDERA's main function is to make an immediate and coordinated response to any disastrous event affecting any Participating State, once the state requests such assistance. The motto of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency encapsulates the nature and work of this disaster management organisation which serves the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This regional inter-governmental agency established in September 1991 by an Agreement of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM  to be responsible for disaster management. There are presently sixteen Participating States? within CDERA’s membership. more >>

The objectives of the ACS are enshrined in the Convention and are based on the following: the strengthening of the regional co-operation and integration process, with a view to creating an enhanced economic space in the region; preserving the environmental integrity of the Caribbean Sea which is regarded as the common patrimony of the peoples of the region; and promoting the sustainable development of the Greater Caribbean. more >>

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) came into being on June 18th 1981, when seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate with each other and promote unity and solidarity among the Members. The Treaty became known as the Treaty of Basseterre, so named in honour of the capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis where it was signed... more>>

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of the Republic of Cuba, together with other organizations, social and academic institutions, invite researchers, professionals, educators, specialists, directors, entrepreneurs and other persons interested worldwide, to participate in the 6th International Convention on Environment and Development that with the slogan: “For a sustainable future: a friendly and humanist integration” will be held on July 2-6, 2007 at Havana International Conference Center. more >>

The international community has long recognized that desertification is a major economic, social and environmental problem of concern to many countries in all regions of the world. In 1977, the United Nations Conference on Desertification (UNCOD) adopted a Plan of Action to Combat Desertification (PACD). more>>

The Division for Sustainable Development provides leadership and is an authoritative source of expertise within the United Nations system on sustainable development. It promotes sustainable development as the substantive secretariat to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and through technical cooperation and capacity building at international, regional and national levels. The context for the Division’s work is the implementation of Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation and the Barbados Programme of Action for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States. more >>

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have been widely identified in studies as powerful integrated tool for storing, manipulating, visualising, and analysing spatial data; a set of tools that had important implications in the field of natural hazards and disaster preparedness. Yet little work appears to have been published on the use of these systems, the evaluation of how well they meet users and what features they are offering in line with current technological advancements. more >>

The United Nations General Assembly convened a World Conference on Disaster Reduction, to be held in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005. The Conference was to take stock of progress in disaster risk reduction accomplished since the Yokohama Conference of 1994 and to make plans for the next ten years. more >>

The Office aims at enhancing the mobilization and galvanization of international support for - and ensuring the effective coordination, monitoring and review of - the implementation of the Brussels Declaration and Programme of Action (POA). more >>

Recent severe storms, floods and droughts appear to show that computer models predicting more frequent "extreme weather events" are on target.
The international debate on Climate Change Adaptation addresses the ability of a Government, through policies and measures, to respond and adjust to actual or potential impacts of changing climate conditions in ways that moderate harm or takes advantage of any positive opportunities that the climate may afford. more >>

OCHA is designed to strengthen the United Nation's response to both complex emergencies and natural disasters. In addition it aims at improving the overall effectiveness of the UN's humanitarian operations in the field. more >>

UNDP BCPR/ Disaster Reduction Unit (DRU) works to achieve a sustainable reduction in disaster risk and sustainable recovery from disaster in programme countries, by strengthening national and regional capacities. more >>

International Federation programmes assist the world's most vulnerable people. Its activities, which are funded by appeals, focus on health, disaster management and promoting humanitarian principles and values. Founded in 1919, the International Federation comprises 185 member Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, a Secretariat in Geneva and more than 60 delegations strategically located to support activities around the world. There are more societies in formation. The Red Crescent is used in place of the Red Cross in many Islamic countries. more >>

CDERA's main function is to make an immediate and coordinated response to any disastrous event affecting any Participating State, once the state requests such assistance. This regional inter-governmental agency established in September 1991 by an Agreement of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM  to be responsible for disaster management. There are presently sixteen Participating States? within CDERA’s membership.

The LAC SURF has been established to provide high quality substantive support to UNDP's country offices in the Latin America and Caribbean region to further strengthen their role as leading partners in overcoming development challenges. We work closely with the Caribbean SURF, which is based in Port of Spain and give support to the English speaking countries of the Caribbean. more >>

CARDIN, in collaboration with its partners, seeks to provide a new and dynamic approach to accessing and disseminating disaster related information in a manner that adequately prepares and minimizes the effect of disasters in the Caribbean Region. This will be achieved through the collection, indexing and dissemination of disaster information to produce a comprehensive database which encompasses the English, French, Spanish and Dutch speaking Caribbean. more >>

The Centre will operate as a CARICOM agency with independent management and is envisioned to address climate change issues. more >>

CEPREDENAC is a coordination center for strengthening the capacity of the region as a whole to reduce the vulnerability of the population to the effects of these phenomena. more >>

The Climate Institute has been in a unique position to inform key decision-makers, heighten international awareness of climate change, and identify practical ways of achieving significant emissions reductions. This has been done through several different media including symposia, conferences, roundtables, and special briefings. These have been carried out not only in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan and Europe but also in as many as 30 developing countries providing expert advice at ministerial and heads of state briefings and at sessions with business executives and private citizens. more >>

IHRC is Florida's official hurricane research center for ten universities that comprise the state system. IHRC is also designated as the formal liaison for NOAA's Tropical Prediction Center and National Hurricane Center, located on the Florida International University campus in Miami. more >>

El estudio y la colaboración aplicada a las diferentes disciplinas de la salud para prevenir, proteger, preparar, rehabilitar y dar respuestas inmediatas a los problemas de salud que resultan de un desastre, en coordinación con otras disciplinas relacionadas con el manejo global de desastres. more >> Only spanish

The Global Platform is the main consultative forum on disaster risk reduction at the global level. It brings together a wide range of actors in the various sectors of development and humanitarian work, and in the environmental and scientific fields related to disaster risk reduction. more >>