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LOCATION:Bridgetown\, Barbados
SUMMARY:Climate change adaptation\, resilience-building and disaster risk r
 eduction for ports (Part 3)
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 3 (11:30-12:30)Speakers:Elizabeth Rile
 y\, Executive Director\, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (C
 DEMA)Darwin Telemaque\, CEO Antigua Port Authority and Chairman of the Por
 t Management Association of the Caribbean (PMAC)Sean Rafter\, Managing Dir
 ector\, HELP Logistics AGJair Torres\, Programme Management Officer\, Regi
 onal Office for the Americas and the Caribbean\, United Nations Office for
  Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)&lt\;p&gt\;With over 80% of world merchand
 ise trade carried by sea\, seaports are vital nodes in the network of glob
 al supply chains and critical for access to global markets and the Blue Ec
 onomy.&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p&gt\;At the same time\, they are at the front line
  of climate change\, particularly rising mean and extreme sea levels and e
 xtreme weather events - the impacts of which can result in significant inf
 rastructure damage\, as well as costly disruption and delay across interco
 nnected global supply chains\, with implications for global trade and the 
 sustainable development of the most vulnerable\, including SIDS.&lt\;/p&gt
 \;&lt\;p&gt\;The sessions will provide a forum for discussion of climate h
 azards\, impacts\, risks\, and costs\; technical measures\, standards\, gu
 idance and methodologies for adaptation\; governance and management approa
 ches\; key challenges and opportunities in investment and capacity buildin
 g for adaptation and DRR\; and provide related recommendations.&lt\;/p&gt\
 ;&lt\;p&gt\;This session will be followed by a Q and A portion\, key insig
 hts and recommendations.&lt\;br&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;&lt\;p class=&
 quot\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/
 meeting/climate-change-adaptation-resilience-building-and-disaster-risk-re
 duction-ports-part-3
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