Members

Country: Barbados

Member Since: 2009

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

Ministry of Environment and Drainage

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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Climate Vulnerability Monitor Country Profile

Barbados NDC/INDC

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)

World Health Organization

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