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Climate Impacts on Water & Agriculture: Caribbean Regional Outlook

This article highlights the key points of climate change and its impact on water resources and agriculture in the Caribbean region. It discusses adaptation options for water supply and national/regional actions to address climate resilience. Includes information on integrated water resource management and investments in infrastructure to build resilience.

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Climate Impacts on Water & Agriculture: Caribbean Regional Outlook

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  1. Climate Impacts on Water & Agriculture Caribbean Regional Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) March 1, 2012 Barbados Avril Alexander Regional Coordinator

  2. Climate Change & Water: Key Points • Water is medium through which many CC impacts will be felt • Sea level rise/ saline intrusion, extreme weather events (tropical storms, floods, droughts) • Change in total amount and variability of rainfall patterns and streamflow; increased aridity • Change in patterns of water-related diseases • Competition among sectors (agric., tourism etc) • Increasing cost to provide water (esp. energy-related)

  3. Adaptation Options For Water Supply • Reduction of leakages • Demand management • New supply options incl. RWH, recycling & reuse (energy efficiency a key factor)

  4. National & Regional Actions • Integrate water security and climate resilience/adaptation in development planning and decision making processes (national development plans, budgetary allocations) • IWRM Plans and Policies • IWRM recognises the inter-relatedness of the water cycle, and addresses different users, uses, and threats to the resource • It recognises the need for trade-offs to be made between these different users & uses • Improve collection of water and climate information for better modelling

  5. National & Regional Actions (cont’d) • Infrastructure & Investments in water to build resilience • water storage, new technologies e.g. for recycling + irrigation • ‘natural’ infrastructure such as wetlands • Flood & drought mitigation • Poverty alleviation & sustainable dev’t • Regional approaches which build on different circumstances of different countries • Common water framework, water assessments • Water trade • Economies based on ‘climate’ advantage

  6. For more information on GWP-C, please visit our website at: • www.gwp-caribbean.org • Thank You!

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