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El índice de vulnerabilidad frente a choques climáticos : lecciones aprendidas y sistematización del proceso y aplicación del IVACC ─ República Dominicana
(2018)
Este documento decribe los resultados de la medición del índice de vulnerabilidad frente a choques climáticos (IVACC) en la República Dominicana, una herramienta elaborada bajo el liderazgo nacional del Gabinete de ...
The Global Climate Risk Index 2021
(2021)
The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 analyses and ranks to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of climate related extreme weather events (storms, floods, heatwaves etc.). The most recent data ...
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, ...
Climate change data and risk assessment methodologies for the Caribbean
(2016)
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Environmental Safeguards Unit (ESG) initiated this study to address the need to better understand how to assess and address climate change related risks in IDB funded projects. The ...
The state of the Caribbean climate
(2020)
In the Caribbean, weather and climate events recurrently impact economic performance, productivity, livelihoods and quality of life. The record-breaking 2017 hurricane season stands as one of several recent examples that ...
Análisis socioeconómico y contexto de la vulnerabilidad de los municipios Hondo Valle, Juan Santiago, El Cercado y Vallejuelo localizados en la frontera sur entre la República Dominicana y Haití
(2022)
El proyecto “Adaptación basada en los ecosistemas y restauración forestal en las comunidades rurales vulnerables del Corredor Biológico del Caribe”, también conocido como “Comunidades Caribeñas Resilientes”, tiene por ...
The Caribbean Science Series, Vol. 1
(2018)
On December 21, 2015 at the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 195 nations agreed to hold “the increase in the global average temperature to well ...
Revegetation and trans‐boundary natural resources management phase 1 : Massacre and Pedernales rivers watersheds : final narrative report
(2014)
The Frontera Verde programme was inspired by the National Plan Quisqueya Verde of Dominican Republic to provide concrete answers to the environmental issues at the watersheds level. Furthermore, this programme has initiated ...
Climate migrants : Dominican Republic : Country Report
(2024)
The Dominican Republic (DR) is vulnerable to climate change and has a high rate of natural degradation. The DR shows evidence of significant human mobility flows of (i) internal migration, mainly rural to urban; and (ii) ...
Meeting the Fast Start Commitment U.S. : climate finance in fiscal year 2012 : Dominican Republic
(2012)
This report includes global programs and country-specific programs in fiscal year 2012, and overall summary of U.S. Climate Finance 2010-2012. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $2.3 million ...