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Documentos de Organos Subsidiarios 2011-10-22

Climate change is considered to be the most pervasive and truly global of all issues affecting humanity. It poses a serious threat to the environment, as well as to economies and societies. Whilst it is clear that the impacts of climate change are varied, scientists have agreed that its effects w...

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Documentos de Organos Subsidiarios 2011-10-22

Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon in which the earth‘s climate goes through cycles of warming and cooling; these changes usually take place incrementally over millennia. Over the past century, there has been an anomalous increase in global temperature, giving rise to accelerated ...

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Documentos de Organos Subsidiarios 2011-10-22

Owing to their high vulnerability and low adaptive capacity, Caribbean islands have legitimate concerns about their future, based on observational records, experience with current patterns and consequences of climate variability, and climate model projections. Although emitting less than 1% of gl...

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Documentos de Organos Subsidiarios 2011-10-22

Owing to their high vulnerability and low adaptive capacity, Caribbean islands have legitimate concerns about their future, based on observational records, experience with current patterns and consequences of climate variability, and climate model projections. Although emitting less than 1% of gl...

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This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the likely effects of climate change on the tourism sector in Montserrat. Clayton (2009) identifies three reasons why the Caribbean should be concerned about the potential effects of climate change on tourism: (a) the relatively high dependence o...

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Documentos de Organos Subsidiarios 2013-02

Autor: Lorde, Troy Gomes, Charmaine Alleyne, Dillon Phillips, Willard
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Lorde, Troy ,  Gomes, Charmaine ,  Alleyne, Dillon ,  Phillips, Willard ,  An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the coastal and marine sector in the Caribbean
Documentos de Organos Subsidiarios 2011-10-22

Changing precipitation patterns and temperature relate directly to water resources and water security. This report presents the findings of an assessment of the water sector in Grenada with respect to the projected impact of climate change. Grenada‘s water resources comprise primarily surface wat...

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Documentos de Organos Subsidiarios 2011-10-22

Water security which is essential to life and livelihood, health and sanitation, is determined not only by the water resource, but also by the quality of water, the ability to store surplus from precipitation and runoff, as well as access to and affordability of supply. All of these measures have...

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Documentos de Organos Subsidiarios 2011-10-22

The best description of water resources for Grand Turk was offered by Pérez Monteagudo (2000) who suggested that rain water was insufficient to ensure a regular water supply although water catchment was being practised and water catchment possibilities had been analysed. Limestone islands, mostly...

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Documentos de Organos Subsidiarios 2011-10-22

Climate change is anticipated to have potentially disastrous impacts on the economic viability of the agricultural sector, insomuch as traditional agricultural practices render the agricultural sector climate-dependent. Increased temperatures and increased intensity, timing and occurrence of hydr...

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