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General guidelines for the development of studies to reduce hydroclimatic risks in cities: lessons learned from the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative in face of the climate change challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2019)
Urban conglomerates concentrate risks and opportunities for more than 80% of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and they constitute appropriate analysis units to conduct studies on natural disaster ...
Coastal setbacks in Latin America and the Caribbean : a study of emerging issues and trends that inform guidelines for coastal planning and development
(2012)
Bank investments in tourism and other coastal development projects have been on the rise, generating an interest in the development of instruments and tools that would more effectively inform Bank staff on critical issues, ...
Emerging issues for small island developing states
(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. ...
Review of the economics of climate change (RECC) in the Caribbean project: phase I : Climate change profiles in select Caribbean countries
(2010)
These reports are the result of consultations which were conducted in 2008 in Aruba, Barbados, Netherlands Antilles, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. The objective was ...