Project description
GRID-Geneva in collaboration with the Coral Reef Ecology Group of the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), produced a new analysis for prioritisation of Ecosystem Based Adaptation project i the Caribbean SIDS. This was a mandate from the German Development Bank (KfW) and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (5C). Using high resolution satellite images as well as GIS data, the current extent of marine and coastal ecosystems were mapped for the Caribbean SIDS.
This analysis identifies Caribbean SIDS which highly depend on their marine ecosystems and are particularly vulnerable to climate change related risks and secondly provides a recommendation on SIDS which are most suitable for EbA approaches including restoration and climate change adaptation efforts. The selection was based on an assessment of the most important coastal ecosystems, namely mangrove forests, seagrass meadows and coral reefs, which can mitigate the consequences of climate change. In particular, the ecosystems’ extent, status, and potential to climate change adaptation (CCA) were assessed.
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