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LOCATION:Bridgetown\, Barbados
SUMMARY:Climate change adaptation\, resilience-building and disaster risk r
 eduction for ports (Part 1)
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:With over 80% of world merchandise trade carried by sea\, seapo
 rts are vital nodes in the network of global supply chains and critical fo
 r access to global markets and the Blue Economy.At the same time\, they ar
 e at the front line of climate change\, particularly rising mean and extre
 me sea levels and extreme weather events - the impacts of which can result
  in significant infrastructure damage\, as well as costly disruption and d
 elay across interconnected global supply chains\, with implications for gl
 obal trade and the sustainable development of the most vulnerable\, includ
 ing SIDS.The sessions will provide a forum for discussion of climate hazar
 ds\, impacts\, risks\, and costs\; technical measures\, standards\, guidan
 ce and methodologies for adaptation\; governance and management approaches
 \; key challenges and opportunities in investment and capacity building fo
 r adaptation and DRR\; and provide related recommendations.This session wi
 ll be followed by a Q and A portion\, key insights and recommendations. W
 atch the live streamProgramme Part 1 (09:00-10:00)Speakers: Regina Asari
 otis\, Chief\, Policy and Legislation Section\, UNCTADWillard Phillips\, E
 conomic Affairs Officer\, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin Ame
 rica and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC)\, Trinidad and TobagoMiguel Esteban\, Pr
 ofessor\, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering\, Waseda Universi
 tyDavid A.Y. Smith\, co-founder and Director of Quality and Innovation\, S
 mith Warner International&lt\;p&gt\;With over 80% of world merchandise tra
 de carried by sea\, seaports are vital nodes in the network of global supp
 ly chains and critical for access to global markets and the Blue Economy.&
 lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;At the same time\, they are at the front line of cli
 mate change\, particularly rising mean and extreme sea levels and extreme 
 weather events - the impacts of which can result in significant infrastruc
 ture damage\, as well as costly disruption and delay across interconnected
  global supply chains\, with implications for global trade and the sustain
 able development of the most vulnerable\, including SIDS.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;
 p&gt\;The sessions will provide a forum for discussion of climate hazards\
 , impacts\, risks\, and costs\; technical measures\, standards\, guidance 
 and methodologies for adaptation\; governance and management approaches\; 
 key challenges and opportunities in investment and capacity building for a
 daptation and DRR\; and provide related recommendations.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p
 &gt\;This session will be followed by a Q and A portion\, key insights and
  recommendations.&lt\;br&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p class=&quot\;t
 ext-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/node/42
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