Innovative approaches for building disaster and climate change resilient communities

The University of the West Indies through the Office of Global Affairs, together with the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA and the Clara Lionel Foundation will host a webinar themed, Innovative approaches for building disaster and climate change resilient communities.

Join the conversation via Zoom on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at bit.ly/CaribbeanResilienceWebinar

This webinar seeks to capture some of the best Caribbean-based practices and case studies on disaster resilience and climate change adaptation.

Expert panellists will present innovative strategies and processes that have been adopted and produced encouraging results.

Opening Remarks

Marilyn Raphael, Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Keynote Speaker

Krystle Francis
Program Manager, Climate Resilience Initiative Clara Lionel Foundation

Panelists

Dr. Stephen Commins
Lecturer, Department of Urban Planning, and Associate Director for Global Public Affairs Luskin School, UCLA

Dr. Therese Ferguson-Murray
Deputy Dean and Senior Lecturer, School of Education, The UWI, Mona Campus

Ms. Marissa McMillan
Watershed Planner, Trinidad and Tobago Water and Sewerage Authority