"The European Union-funded INTERREG CARIB-COAST will tomorrow hold a public conference on coastal risk related to climate change.
The conference will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.
In the context of repeated hurricane crises and rising sea level, the INTERREG CARIB-COAST project aims to initiate a Caribbean network for the prevention and crisis management of coastal risks related to climate change.
This involves pooling, co-constructing and disseminating knowledge and approaches to coastal risk management in the Caribbean.
The project encompasses the entire Caribbean with focus on the French Caribbean territories of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Saint Martin alongside Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
It will provide a digital marine submersion modelling platform, as well as a coastal erosion monitoring and prevention network using nature-based solutions and operational risk management tools.
Benefiting from a broad partnership and led by the BRGM, the French Geological Survey, the project is supported by the EU INTERREG Caribbean programme and the Association of Caribbean States, among others."
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Published on 09 Oct, 2019
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