Resources

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Early Warnings for All Dashboard

The Early Warnings for All Initiative dashboard aims at tracking progress, informing decision-making and measuring success as key elements for achieving its five-year goal of the Early Warnings for All Initiative: to ensure that all people on Earth are covered by early warning systems by 2027.

Resource type:Digital tools or applications

Regional Environmental Monitoring Data Portal (REMDAP)

The Regional Environmental Monitoring Data Portal (REMDAP) operates as a hub for decision-making, improving the effectiveness of environmental monitoring and assessment throughout the Caribbean. REMDAP aims to provide decision makers, NGOs, academic institutions and the private sector with a constant supply of reliable data. Provides a variety of useful metrics, indicators and variables, complete with details on models and methods for their calculation, to track environmental status. Additionally, REMDAP includes multi-scale tools and indicators designed to monitor progress toward goals established in multilateral environmental agreements, while boosting regional capacity to manage spatial data and information related to environmental indicators.

Resource type:Online databases

Policy brief: Safeguarding the TR4 Region

The policy brief urges policymakers and public officials to take proactive measures to prevent the entry of TR4 and protect the banana and plantain industry in producing and exporting countries in the region. The creation of a Technical Working Group by the Caribbean Plant Health Directors (CPHD TWG-Musa Species) is highlighted, which acts as an emergency mechanism to lead and coordinate actions at the regional and international level. The group works to strengthen biosecurity at ports, increase national surveillance, and train farmers and customs officials in biosecurity measures. Additionally, it focuses on research into TR4-tolerant or resistant varieties and establishing capabilities for the safe introduction of certified TR4-resistant germplasm.

Resource type:Policy brief

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Evidences

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Investing in community resilience

USD 20 million was invested by the GCF together with the Department of Environment of Antigua and Barbuda to improve community resilience in three SIDS in the region, including Dominica and Grenada, through ecosystem services and climate-resilient infrastructure (ECLAC, 2024).

Antigua and Barbuda: Agricultural units

91.2% of the farms in Antigua and Barbuda are family farms, with 1,118 units and 0.44 ha on average.

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Investments and Public Expenditure

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Strengthening private sector development through innovation in OECS Eastern Caribbean member countries.

Program aimed at strengthening agro-productive private sector development in OECS member countries through technological and business innovation as a driver of competitiveness. It supports capacity building across local agrifood value chains, market access, and productive diversification, contributing to the resilience of food production systems against the structural vulnerabilities of the Eastern Caribbean.

Next Generation Sweet Potato Production in the Caribbean (NextGenSP)

A regional project focused on the conservation and sustainable use of sweet potato plant genetic resources across Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Antigua & Barbuda. Key pillars include: expanding farmer access to clean planting material of priority varieties; building productive resilience against drought, salinity, and the sweet potato weevil (Cylas formicarius); strengthening local value chains through public–private partnerships and processed product development (flour, animal feed); and integrating local varieties into the ITPGRFA Multilateral System, including safe duplication at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.

Eastern Caribbean Green Entrepreneurship Initiative

The Eastern Caribbean Green Entrepreneurship Initiative was a three-year project funded by the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in partnership with the OECS Commission. This initiative offered incubation and acceleration programs, including virtual courses and online training, a mentoring program, in-person events, investor linkages and networking opportunities in six (6) OECS member states: Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica , Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It focused on green companies whose business models include solutions aimed at contributing to their country's climate and sustainable development goals, as well as high-potential startups in the growth stage. Both programs prioritized women entrepreneurs and the creation of green jobs for women and youth.

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Policy frameworks

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Sustainable Island Resource Management Zoning Plan (SIRMZP) of Antigua and Barbuda

National strategic land-use framework for Antigua and Barbuda that updates the National Physical Development Plan with a 20-year horizon. It integrates ecological studies, geographic-sectoral analysis, and low-carbon development scenarios to optimize the productive use of natural resources — including agricultural land, fisheries, and tourism — without exceeding the resilience of coastal, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems.

The Plant Protection Act, 2012 (Antigua and Barbuda)

This Act provides the legal foundation for preventing the introduction and spread of plant pests, regulating import and export procedures, establishing the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO), enabling phytosanitary inspections, quarantine actions, pest risk analysis, emergency measures, and compliance with the IPPC and WTO SPS Agreement. It empowers authorities to enforce phytosanitary controls, declare pest-free and low pest prevalence areas, and take regulatory, administrative, and enforcement actions to safeguard Antigua and Barbuda’s plant resources.

Bi-Regional EU–CELAC Declaration Pact on Care

The Bi-Regional EU–CELAC Declaration Pact on Care (2025), adopted during the IV EU–CELAC Summit held in Santa Marta, Colombia, reaffirms the joint commitment to promote a care agenda focused on gender equality, social inclusion, and decent work. This policy framework strengthens cooperation between Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean to recognize, redistribute, and reduce care gaps by reinforcing national systems, training caregivers, and investing in social infrastructure. It forms part of the Joint EU–CELAC Declaration and will be accompanied by a 2025–2027 Roadmap currently under development.

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Dialogue rooms

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Policy alternatives to the fertilizer crisis (in Spanish)

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