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Climate Change Options for Belmopan City: Adapting & Mitigating

Learn about the challenges and responses to climate change in Belmopan City, Belize. Discover the national policy instruments and future improvements for a more resilient city.

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Climate Change Options for Belmopan City: Adapting & Mitigating

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  1. POWERFUL Adapting & Mitigating Climate Change Options for Belmopan City Deputy Mayor Ralston Frazer • Belmopan City Council • Belmopan City • Belize, C.A. • Aug-2017 • tips& tricks

  2. ABOUT BELIZE Map of Belize

  3. Belize • … from different perspectives Economic • Tourism • Crude Oil • Marine Products • Sugar • Citrus • Banana • Social • Environmental Major Income Earners Sub-tropical zone Diverse culture Lowland broad-leaf forest Mangrove Coral reef Sea grass Lowland Savanna Wetland Mestizo Creole Garifuna East Indian Maya Chinese Mennonite Others

  4. Constitutional monarchy • Parliamentary system • Unitary state • Politics of Belize takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, where by Queen Elizabeth II serves as head of state and the prime minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system • Political System

  5. System of Government

  6. Capital City of Belmopan Belmopan commenced in 1967 after the catastrophic Hurricane Hattie that destroyed Belize in 1961 Developed in an administrative center concept Key geographical location Incorporated as a municipality in 2000 6

  7. Population = 15,740 Area = 32.78 km² / 8,100 acres Urbanized area • Assigned lots = 2,631 acres / 32.5% Other (large, mostly open space lots, vacant lots) = 30% Density in urbanized area = 6.0 people/acre Growth rate = 2.05% (highest in Belize) Labor force – 69.7% Unemployment rate – 25% The City of Belmopan 7

  8. Main Challenges Linking to Climate Change

  9. Flooding in Belmopan • Flooding in Belmopan

  10. Responses to Climate Change —Mitigation Efforts in Belmopan

  11. Our • Partners 11

  12. Fiscal year 2015-2016 National Government included Climate Change in the budget National Policy Instruments • Sustainable Energy Action Plan for Belize • Growth and Sustainable Development Strategy 2014 – 2017 • National Agenda for Sustainable Development (2013) • The National Climate Resilience Investment Plan (2013) • Enhancing Belize’s Resilience to Adapt to the Effects of Climate Change - Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment (2014) • National Climate Change Policy, Strategy and Action Plan (2015) Conversation underway with the CARICOM ClimateChange Centre for Belmopan to become a pilot city of climate change . Finance

  13. Planting of trees in parks • Improved streets • Outcomes • Better overall infrastructure • Better drainage • Bridges

  14. Future Improvements 14

  15. Future Improvements Cont.… 15

  16. Conclusions / Main Lesson Learnt

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