Building upon earlier analysis undertaken on climate change impacts on gender and other vulnerable segments of society (outlined in Section 9 and the Annex of Dominica’s Low Carbon Climate Resilient Development Strategy)the household and community surveys highlighted concerns over food security, the urgent need to provide vulnerable communities with micro-insurance and micro-finance to address risks from climate change extreme events (floods, drought, landslides, crop damage, loss of fishery) affecting subsistence agriculture/fishery production, and the urgent need for community based early warning systems, community-based vulnerability/hazard mapping, community multi-use emergency shelters, and community risk management frameworks. Improved access to readily available financing to support priority community-based adaptation projects was also been highlighted as a priority.
insurance and micro-finance
Which subsector forms part of global climate change adaptation subsector in Economy-wide Sector ?