The Caribbean Weather Impacts Group (CARIWIG) was a collaborative project involving the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Newcastle University, INSMET, University of East Anglia and the University of the West Indies. The project was supported by the Climate Development and Knowledge Network (CDKN).
Managers and policy-makers in the Caribbean require knowledge of the likely impacts and hazards which may arise from Climate Change in their specific geographical location. Such would be relevant to their planning time-horizons (e.g. the short term, 2030s, or the longer term, 2080s). However, current climate model projections of the weather are of limited use in this respect due to scale and bias issues. Sophisticated downscaling providing locally relevant unbiased Climate Change information remains sporadic. Clear guidance for managers and policy-makers for the utilization of such information is also limited.
The CARIWIG project addresses the above issues through the provision of locally relevant information on weather impacts of Climate Change over a range of time periods. It provides:
- training for stakeholder technical staff in the use of such weather information
- the development of support networks within the region, and
- the development of partnerships with UK research institutes which specialize in the management of a range of hazards and impacts.
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