Antigua and Barbuda
courtney
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17 Jun 2011
Antigua and Barbuda has been developing its national disaster preparedness and management capacity. Cooperation with other states is also undertaken at the regional level through the Caribbean Meteorological Organization and the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology.Antigua and Barbuda’s natural climate is punctuated by the occurrence of a range of extreme climatic events such as tropical storms, hurricanes, sea surges, floods and droughts. In recent years, the country has seen a...
courtney
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17 Jun 2011
In May 2001, Antigua and Barbuda submitted its initial National Communication to the UNFCCC. Additionally, a National Environmental Management Strategies (NEMS) was submitted to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Antigua and Barbuda has conducted a Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Study aimed at enabling the country to identify those sectors likely to be most vulnerable to climate change and to devise appropriate adaptation response measures. Potential impacts of...
admin
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05 Apr 2011
Introduction
The unprecedented change in economic and social development, technology, international policies and the global environment over the last 30 years has posed great challenges for Commonwealth small states. These states1 – made up of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and small and vulnerable economies (SVEs) – represent a group of countries facing special economic and environmental difficulties in achieving sustainable development.
The major characteristics of small...
admin
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25 Mar 2011
St John's
442 sq km
English, Antiguan Creole
