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CARIBSAVE: A SECTORAL APPROACH TOA SECTORAL APPROACH TO
VULNERABILITY, RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CARIBBEANCLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CARIBBEAN:
MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA 12 May 2009
Dr MURRAY C SIMPSONDr. MURRAY C. SIMPSONCo-Director CARIBSAVE Partnership
Senior Research AssociateSenior Research Associate, Oxford University Centre for the Environment
Caribbean –Major Tourism Vulnerability ‘Hotspot’Major Tourism Vulnerability Hotspot
Regional Knowledge Gaps
ACS = Geographic scope of CARIBSAVE
SECTORAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE DESTINATIONS & CLIMATE CHANGE
AgricultureWater
Cli t
Transport
Sustainable
Agriculture Climate
InfrastructureSustainableCaribbean Tourism Health
InfrastructureEconomic Development
DestinationsNatural
ResourcesWaste
M tResources
EnergyManagement
Security
Simpson et al 2008a
Key Issues• Supply • DemandDemand• Livelihoods – Economic Development - GDP
T i D d• Tourism Dependence • Vulnerability (‘Hot Spot’)y ( p )• Knowledge Gap• Fragmented work geography governance• Fragmented – work, geography, governance• Capacity and Data
• Crucial interdependence: Tourism and ClimateMajor Impacts: Climate Change on Caribbean Tourism Sector
Crucial interdependence: Tourism and Climate… • - national economy, livelihoods, development, environment• Gradual and Extreme• Regulatory policy, voluntary initiatives and costs
Coastal EmphasisCoastal Emphasis• Air temperature• Sea surface temperature
S l l i• Sea level rise • Coastal erosion• Changes in levels of precipitationg p p• Extreme events: increase in intensity and frequency, • - e.g. drought, flood, storm surge, (hurricane)• Seasonality shifts• Seasonality shifts• Loss of Destination Aesthetics
C ibb C it Cli t Ch C tCaribbean Community Climate Change CentreUniversity of Oxford Association of Caribbean StatesAssociation of Caribbean StatesCaribbean Tourism Organization
• Multi-Sector• Multi-Objective• Multi-Objective• Multi- Donor• USD $35 Million• Links and Compliments ACS – STZC• Long-Term Approach Established - Whole Region
PRACTICAL STRATEGIES• PRACTICAL STRATEGIES• Inclusive and Critical Mass
e.g. ACS, CTO, CDERA, UNEP, UNWTO, UNDP,
WMO, UNECLAC, CANARI,
e.g. FCO, DFID, WWF, Travel Foundation ,
DANIDA, SMITHSONIAN,
Regional & International Organisations
International Development Organizations and NGOsCARIBSAVE
Partnership, , ,
IIED, CIMH, CHTA, CARICOM, CAST, OECS,
, ,WORLD BANK, IADB,
CIDA, GTZ, SNV, Buccoo Reef Trust
CENTRAL ACTIONGROUP
ACS, CTO, CCCCC, OXFORD UNIVERSITY + REPRESENTATIVES OF
PARTNER ACTIONPARTNER ACTION GROUPS
e.g. All Partner Countries and e.g. CCAA, VIRGIN,
SANDALS, Oil Companies, G Gl b S ti B k
e.g. UWI, TUFTS, UW, Leon, UMA, UNA, Limoge,
W. Norway, Maastricht, C li L d Green Globe, Scotia Bank Carolina, Lund,
Partner Countries and Private Sector
Academic & Research Institutes
• CARIBSAVE WILL: In the face of climate change, strengthen, protect and enhance the economies and livelihoods of Caribbean nations and sectoraland livelihoods of Caribbean nations and sectoral stakeholderswho rely directly and indirectly on the Caribbean tourism industry, and to t th t t d h th t l d b ilt t d tstrengthen, protect and enhance the natural and built assets, and sectors
on which the industry is based.
• Project Objectives:Seven (7) principal objectives of this project….
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• CARIBSAVE WILL: In the face of climate change, strengthen, protect and enhance the economies and livelihoods of Caribbean nations and sectoraland livelihoods of Caribbean nations and sectoral stakeholderswho rely directly and indirectly on the Caribbean tourism industry, and to t th t t d h th t l d b ilt t d tstrengthen, protect and enhance the natural and built assets, and sectors
on which the industry is based.
• Project Objectives:Seven (7) principal objectives of this project….
CARIBSAVE OBJECTIVES1. Model and predict the changes on Caribbean Tourism S t i l ti l d d ti ti l lSector - regional, national and destinational scale.
2. To Assess the vulnerability, resilience and adaptive capacity of the Tourism Sector - nations and destinations –strategies and policiesstrategies and policies.
CARIBSAVE OBJECTIVES3. Evaluate the impacts on tourism and livelihoods region, nations and destinations - sectoral basis:
– Water; – Energy– Agriculture,
Human Health;– Human Health; – Biodiversity,– Infrastructure– Comprehensive Disaster Management
CARIBSAVE OBJECTIVES 4. Socio-economic analysis of the costs and risks inc. costs of benefits of emission reduction
5 EFFECTIVE d PRACTICAL d t ti d iti ti5. EFFECTIVE and PRACTICAL adaptation and mitigationstrategies DEVELOPMENT and IMPLEMENTATION - regional, localDEVELOPMENT and IMPLEMENTATION regional, local and national policy and strategies
CARIBSAVE OBJECTIVES 6. Transition of the Caribbean to World’s first ‘Carbon Neutral’ Tourism RegionNeutral Tourism Region
7. Sectoral based capacity building seminars throughout the Caribbean region for all stakeholders including community outreach focuscommunity outreach focus.
FundingBUDGET $35 Million (Initial approx 5 Years)
Seed Funding Stage
1. UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
2. Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO
3. UK Department for International Development (DFID)
4. World Bank
Seed Funding Stage: Outputs
• Output 1: Model and predict the changes in climateOutput 1: Model and predict the changes in climate as they will affect the Caribbean Tourism Sector on destinational scale.destinational scale.
• Output 2: Assess the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of the Tourism Sector in the selectedcapacity of the Tourism Sector in the selected destinationsOutput 3: Two Symposia (Oxford Uni and Caribbean)• Output 3: Two Symposia (Oxford Uni. and Caribbean)
• Output 4: Website Development
Seed Funding Stage: Pilot GoalsSeed Funding Stage: Pilot Goals
• Destinational Climate Processes Data and Graphicsp• Destination Vulnerability Profile• Adaptive Capacity Assessment• Adaptive Capacity Assessment • Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy Documents
Practical Links between Sectors• Practical Links between Sectors• Capacity Building • Consensus Building• CARIBSAVE Partnership Development
ACTION – NOW
Interdisciplinary Approach – Unique and Innovative
• Climate Science• Physical Impacts and Vulnerability• Tourism & Related Sector Impacts & VulnerabilityTourism & Related Sector Impacts & Vulnerability• Stakeholder, Socio-Economic, Livelihood and Gender
Impacts and VulnerabilitiesImpacts and VulnerabilitiesWater – Energy – Agriculture – Health – Biodiversity – Infrastructure –
C h i Di t M tComprehensive Disaster Management
• Cross-sectoral - Inter-ministerial, • Regional and International • Cooperation and Collaboration is requiredCooperation and Collaboration is required
(Actually it’s Essential!!!)
‘F I O ti i t‘For me, I am an Optimist…for there seems little point in anything else’Winston Churchill
THANK YOUTHANK YOU
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