Water Management, Health and Climate Adaptation in Barbados
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Overview
8:30 Introductions and Welcome
Roger-Mark De Souza, Director, Population, Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center
Carmen Lacambra, Director of Research, Grupo Laera, and Wilson Center program consultant
8: 40 Opening Remarks
Wayne Hunte, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research, UWI Cave Hill
9:00 Water Management and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Caribbean
Adrian Cashman, Senior Lecturer - Water Resources Management CERMES, UWI Cave Hill
Basil Fernandez, Managing Director Water Resources Authority, Jamaica
Q&A: Moderated by Carmen Lacambra
10:45-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 13:00 Health and Climate Change Adaptation
Sally Edwards, Regional Advisor, Environmental Epidemiology, Pan American Health Organization, Barbados
Winfred Greaves, Project Manager, Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health in Barbados, supported by the Pan American Health Organization and the Global Environmental Facility
Inés Navarro González, Environmental Engineer Coordinator, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Q&A: Moderated by Carmen Lacambra
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:15 - 15:45 Adapta Sertão, A successful climate adaptation initiative from Brazil
Daniele Cesano, Technology Director Adapta Sertão Social Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation, Pintadas, Bahia, Brazil
Q&A: Moderated by Carmen Lacambra
15:45 – 16:25 Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:30 Public Session
16:30 – 16:45 Introductory remarks by:
Andrew Downes, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Planning and Development, UWI Cave Hill
Roger-Mark De Souza, Director, Population, Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center
16:45 – 17:10 Opening Remarks:
Christopher Sandrolini, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy to Barbados
The Hon. David Estwick, Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management
17:10 – 18:30 Panel discussion with:
Adrian Cashman, Senior Lecturer - Water Resources Management CERMES, UWI Cave Hill
Daniele Cesano, Technology Director Adapta Sertão Social Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation, Pintadas, Bahia, Brazil
Sally Edwards, Regional Advisor, Environmental Epidemiology, Pan American Health Organization, Barbados
Moderator:
Roger-Mark De Souza, Director, Population, Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center
Hosted By
Brazil Institute
The Brazil Institute—the only country-specific policy institution focused on Brazil in Washington—aims to deepen understanding of Brazil’s complex landscape and strengthen relations between Brazilian and U.S. institutions across all sectors. Our mission is to provide thoughtful leadership and innovative ideas to help democracies evolve and enhance their capacity to deliver results. We achieve this by producing independent research and programs that bridge the gap between scholarship and policy, while serving as a hub for policymakers, scholars, and private sector leaders. Read more
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
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