BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d6a110a391 DTSTART:20171205T100000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20171205T060000Z LOCATION:Bridgetown\, Barbados SUMMARY:Regional Workshop on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Coas tal Transport Infrastructure in the Caribbean CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​UNCTAD will be in Barbados on 5-7 December 2017 to deliver a regional capacity building workshop on “Climate Change Impacts and Adap tation for Coastal Transport Infrastructure in the Caribbean”.\n\nThe wo rkshop follows two national workshops in Saint Lucia and Jamaica in May-Ju ne 2017\, and is being held within the framework of UNCTAD’s UN Developm ent Account project on "\;Climate change impacts on coastal transport infrastructure in the Caribbean: Enhancing the adaptive capacity of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)”. \n\nThe project aims to strengthen the capacity of policy makers\, transport planners and transport infrastructu re managers in SIDS to:\n\n(a) understand climate change impacts on coasta l transport infrastructure – in particular seaports and airports.\n\n(b) take appropriate adaptation response measures. \n\nThe regional workshop will bring together seaports and airports authorities as well as a range of other stakeholders\, development partners\, organizations from the wide r Caribbean region and experts. It will provide an opportunity to present and discuss the case-studies for Jamaica and Saint Lucia\, as well as the methodology for assessing climate-related impacts and adaptation options d eveloped under the project.\n\nIn the light of the impacts of recent hurri canes\, the regional workshop is also intended to serve as an important to pical forum for exchange on collaborative action amongst stakeholders in t he region.\n\nUNCTAD’s implementation of project activities\, including the regional workshop in Barbados\, benefits from collaboration with UNECL AC\, UNDP\, UNEP\, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre\, OECS Co mmission\, as well as the ECJRC\, among others.\n/project/climate-change-i mpacts-and-adaptation-coastal-transport-infrastructure-caribbean\n\nView m eeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/regional-workshop-climate -change-impacts-and-adaptation-coastal-transport-infrastructure DTSTAMP:20260707T210521Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d6a110a3d4 DTSTART:20171206T100000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20171206T060000Z LOCATION:Bridgetown\, Barbados SUMMARY:Regional Workshop on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Coas tal Transport Infrastructure in the Caribbean CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​UNCTAD will be in Barbados on 5-7 December 2017 to deliver a regional capacity building workshop on “Climate Change Impacts and Adap tation for Coastal Transport Infrastructure in the Caribbean”.\n\nThe wo rkshop follows two national workshops in Saint Lucia and Jamaica in May-Ju ne 2017\, and is being held within the framework of UNCTAD’s UN Developm ent Account project on "\;Climate change impacts on coastal transport infrastructure in the Caribbean: Enhancing the adaptive capacity of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)”. \n\nThe project aims to strengthen the capacity of policy makers\, transport planners and transport infrastructu re managers in SIDS to:\n\n(a) understand climate change impacts on coasta l transport infrastructure – in particular seaports and airports.\n\n(b) take appropriate adaptation response measures. \n\nThe regional workshop will bring together seaports and airports authorities as well as a range of other stakeholders\, development partners\, organizations from the wide r Caribbean region and experts. It will provide an opportunity to present and discuss the case-studies for Jamaica and Saint Lucia\, as well as the methodology for assessing climate-related impacts and adaptation options d eveloped under the project.\n\nIn the light of the impacts of recent hurri canes\, the regional workshop is also intended to serve as an important to pical forum for exchange on collaborative action amongst stakeholders in t he region.\n\nUNCTAD’s implementation of project activities\, including the regional workshop in Barbados\, benefits from collaboration with UNECL AC\, UNDP\, UNEP\, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre\, OECS Co mmission\, as well as the ECJRC\, among others.\n/project/climate-change-i mpacts-and-adaptation-coastal-transport-infrastructure-caribbean\n\nView m eeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/regional-workshop-climate -change-impacts-and-adaptation-coastal-transport-infrastructure DTSTAMP:20260707T210521Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d6a110a3db DTSTART:20171207T100000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20171207T060000Z LOCATION:Bridgetown\, Barbados SUMMARY:Regional Workshop on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Coas tal Transport Infrastructure in the Caribbean CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​UNCTAD will be in Barbados on 5-7 December 2017 to deliver a regional capacity building workshop on “Climate Change Impacts and Adap tation for Coastal Transport Infrastructure in the Caribbean”.\n\nThe wo rkshop follows two national workshops in Saint Lucia and Jamaica in May-Ju ne 2017\, and is being held within the framework of UNCTAD’s UN Developm ent Account project on "\;Climate change impacts on coastal transport infrastructure in the Caribbean: Enhancing the adaptive capacity of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)”. \n\nThe project aims to strengthen the capacity of policy makers\, transport planners and transport infrastructu re managers in SIDS to:\n\n(a) understand climate change impacts on coasta l transport infrastructure – in particular seaports and airports.\n\n(b) take appropriate adaptation response measures. \n\nThe regional workshop will bring together seaports and airports authorities as well as a range of other stakeholders\, development partners\, organizations from the wide r Caribbean region and experts. It will provide an opportunity to present and discuss the case-studies for Jamaica and Saint Lucia\, as well as the methodology for assessing climate-related impacts and adaptation options d eveloped under the project.\n\nIn the light of the impacts of recent hurri canes\, the regional workshop is also intended to serve as an important to pical forum for exchange on collaborative action amongst stakeholders in t he region.\n\nUNCTAD’s implementation of project activities\, including the regional workshop in Barbados\, benefits from collaboration with UNECL AC\, UNDP\, UNEP\, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre\, OECS Co mmission\, as well as the ECJRC\, among others.\n/project/climate-change-i mpacts-and-adaptation-coastal-transport-infrastructure-caribbean\n\nView m eeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/regional-workshop-climate -change-impacts-and-adaptation-coastal-transport-infrastructure DTSTAMP:20260707T210521Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR