The first two days of activities focused heavily on strengthening early warning systems and advancing coordinated climate services across key sectors. While GWP-C is not a formal partner within the EWISACTs Consortium, its contribution as an observer reflects its continued commitment to supporting integrated, climate-informed water and development planning across the Caribbean.
The 13th EWISACTs Meeting marked a significant milestone—ten years of regional collaboration in building climate resilience. Key objectives of the meeting included:
· Reviewing progress and challenges in implementing the Regional Plan of Action (June–November 2025);
· Reflecting on achievements under Performance Period 2 (2023–2025) and preparing for Performance Period 3 (2026–2028); and
· Examining how the Intra-ACP ClimSA Programme can support planned activities for 2025–2026.
Supported by the Intra-ACP ClimSA Programme, with funding from the European Union to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean States, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), CARICOM and CARIFORUM, the EWISACTs Consortium continues to strengthen climate-informed decision-making across priority sectors including agriculture, water, health and disaster risk management.
Over the four-day Forum, participants received updates on regional efforts to strengthen early warning systems and climate services, with progress highlighted in climate and sectoral data management, climate information quality, strengthened climate services systems, improved user engagement, and expanded capacity building. These advances reflect the region’s continued commitment to building a more climate-resilient Caribbean.
Participants also explored enhancements to the Caribbean Climate Impacts Database (CCID), including demonstrations of how the platform captures climate-related impacts such as floods, droughts, heatwaves and storms to support evidence-based planning and climate risk assessments across the region.
Reflecting on the Forum, Dr. Roxanne Graham-Victor described the event as both technically enriching and strategically valuable, noting that it provided important opportunities for networking and identifying potential collaborative partnerships with regional climate, disaster risk and development stakeholders—further reinforcing GWP-C’s commitment to integrated approaches to climate resilience in the Caribbean.