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EKACDM Initiative - Environmental Sustainability

"We don't always pay as much attention to the need for the environment to be right for our lives to be right, because a lot of the things that the environment provides for us we take for granted." - Dr. David Smith

Proper environmental management is key if we're to properly mitigate against natural disasters. Here's what the experts have to say.
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EKACDM Initiative - Disaster by the Numbers

"There are going to be significant changes as global temperatures reach 1.5[℃ above pre-industrial levels]" - Dr. David Smith

Join Dr. Smith as he walks us through some of the things we can expect as the climate continues to change.

Further Reading:
IPCC 1.5 Report - http://bit.ly/2PBUCoP
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EKACDM Initiative - Climate Change

"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.
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EKACDM Initiative - Progress in Caribbean Disaster Risk Reduction

When we talk about Disaster Risk Reduction and building resilience across the region, it's usually done in the context of the challenges that we face.

Join Dr. Barbara Carby, Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Centre (DRRC) and co-principal of the EKACDM Initiative, as she walks us through some of the successes in the region.
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Climate change could affect Jamaica's tourist arrivals, says researcher

A researcher has said Jamaica and other Caribbean countries could experience a decline in tourist arrivals from Europe due to climate change and measures to address the global phenomenon.

Indi McLymont Lafayette, researcher at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, said there will be fewer incentives for visitors to travel to the Caribbean due to climate change.

She said as Europe gets warmer, some persons will no longer see the need to vacation in the Caribbean for sun.
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