Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C)

Caribbean Water, Climate Change

and Development Programme

(WACDEP)Presented by

Natalie Boodram

WACDEP Programme Manager

GWP-Caribbean Profile

More than 70 partners from 20 Caribbean countries, North America

Government, Public/private sector, NGOs Youth, Education/Research

Antigua, Anguilla, Aruba,

The Bahamas, Barbados,

British Virgin Islands, Cuba,

Dominica, Dominican Republic,

Grenada, Guyana, Haiti,

Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat,

Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Lucia,

St. Vincent & the Grenadines,

Suriname, Trinidad &Tobago,

The USA, US Virgin Islands and Canada.

Caribbean

IWRM profile

Small Island Developing

States (SIDS)

Limited Resource base

Expanding populations

Rapidly increasing water

demand from commercial

sectors: Tourism,

Agriculture, Manufacturing

Climate Change &

Water in the Caribbean

Saline intrusion into aquifers

Increased aridity, variable

rainfall patterns

Extreme weather events.

Vector borne diseases, water

quality, water quantity

GWP-C Water Climate

and Development

Programme (WACDEP)

Goal: To promote water

security and climate

resilience in Caribbean

states as a key part of

sustainable regional and

national development for

economic growth and

human security.

WACDEP-

Overall objective

To support adaptation to

Caribbean states to climate

variability and change through

the implementation of better

water policies, strategies,

programmes and water related

adaptation actions defined in

the CARICOM Regional

Implementation Plan for

Achieving Development

Resilient to Climate Change

CARICOM Regional Implementation Plan for

Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change.

Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)

GWP-C- collaborator for elements of

plan e.g.

Undertake vulnerability and capacity

assessment of the impacts of climate

change on water (2011-2017)

GWP-C and CCCCC will jointly

execute WACDEP

Proposed countries

Grenada,

Guyana,

Jamaica,

St. Lucia

Maps source: World Atlas

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm

WACDEP Progress- Political Support

Endorsement of WACDEP by Nine Ministers responsible for Water

Including two Deputy Prime Ministers

MOU signed between CARICOM Secretariat and GWP-C

WACDEP Progress:

Programme development

Regional Consultation

GWP Partners, regional development partners

Governmental focal points for Climate Change and

Water Resources

WACDEP Progress- Programme Financing

410,000 Euros leveraged from the Climate Development

Knowledge Network (CDKN) through HR Wallingford

To be utilised under Work package 7

Focus on the CCORAL Caribbean Climate Risk and

Adaptation tool developed by CCCCC - application to the

Water Sector

Constraints & Opportunities

Constraint: Short time-frame for implementation

Opportunities:

Strong political support

Strong institutional framework-

CARICOM Regional Implementation Plan for Achieving

Development Resilient to Climate Change

Constraint: Fundraising for sustainability

Opportunities:

CDKN funds already leveraged

Co-financing from the countries

under climate change funds

Co-funding from regional partners

Private sector support

Opportunities

Utilising and build upon

existing mechanisms and

initiatives GWP-C initiatives

Opportunities for National

and Regional Partnerships,

Synergies:

GEF-CARPHA-IWECO

(15 million Euros)

USAID funded RRACC project

(11 million Euros)

For more information on GWP-C,

please visit our website at:

www.gwp-caribbean.org