Members
Country: Barbados
- Member Since: 2009
National Focal Points
Ms. Joyce Bourne
SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
jboume@foreign.gov.bb
Mr. Edison Alleyne
PERMANENT SECRETARY
Ministry of Environment and Drainage
Edison.alleyne@barbados.gov.bb
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National Climate Change Actions
Summarized Information derived from Nationally determined contributions (NDCs) submitted by parties
Emissions mitigation: Reduce GHG emissions by 37% (in relation to GHG emissions BAU levels (2008)) by 2025 and reduce GHG emissions by 44% (in relation to GHG emissions BAU levels (2008)) by 2030 conditional to external support in the sectors of energy and waste. Adaptation: Priority sectors/programs: 1) Regional Monitoring and Evaluation System for Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) in the Caribbean Tourism Sector; 2) Water Resource Management & Flood Resilience CCA Programme; 3) Coastal Risk Assessment Programme; 4) Piloting CCA to Protect human Health Project (Global Project by WHO/UNDP & GEF funded); 1 other highlighted program.
Population (2015)
284'000
United Nations Population Division
GNI per capita (2016)
$16'070
World Bank
PPP current international dollar.
Emissions per capita (2014)
6.07 tons
Climate Analytics
Annual tons of CO2 equivalent per capita including land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) and all Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gases.
Climate Vulnerability Level
High
DARA and the Climate Vulnerable Forum
Multi-dimensional climate change vulnerability for 2030 (2012).
Mortality attributable to joint effects of household and ambient air pollution (2015)
49.2 (17.3 per 100 000)