CCRIF SPC (Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, SPC) has provided a grant to the UWI Climate Studies Group Mona (GSGM) located in the Department of Physics, under the CCRIF-UWI MOU to upgrade three software tools developed by the CSGM. These tools have been designed to assess and address the impacts of climate change. The tools are: (i) Simple Model for Advection of Storms and Hurricanes (SMASH) (ii) Agricultural Climate Change Evaluation for Production, Transformation and Resilience Building (ACCEPT) Agri portal, and (iii) The Real Time Monitoring System (RealTMS) for Water Quality. These tools have significant potential to support evidence-based decision making within the disaster management, agriculture and water sectors, leading to improved climate resilience. The CCRIF support will also support capacity building and use of the tools by regional stakeholders.

To learn about other CCRIF-UWI Partnerships: https://www.ccrif.org/en/ccrif-uwi-scholarship