Migration, Environment, Disaster and Climate Change Data in the Eastern Caribbean:Regional Overview

The Eastern Caribbean region has witnessed a changing climatic regime in the last two to three decades, with an increased frequency and intensity of extreme climate events and related disasters. As a result, many people have been affected, and often they are forced to move either internally or to other States and territories within the region. For example, during the hurricane season of 2017 alone, Hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria displaced approximately 3 million people across 16 countries in the Caribbean and the United States of America. Considering global warming projections, it is expected that the impacts of climate change will increasingly influence human mobility patterns in the region. In view of the adverse implications of climate change for resilience and adaptation, national governments recognize the importance of effective climate change and mobility governance. It is thus within the remit of enhancing policy, based on the availability and importance of timely and reliable data, that this study assesses the national and regional data systems on migration, environment, disasters and climate change across the Eastern Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)