BBRSO81042:Technical Consultant, Disaster Recovery Tender, Barbados - 36487668

Procurement Summary

Country : Barbados

Summary : BBRSO81042:Technical Consultant, Disaster Recovery

Deadline : 27 Sep 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 36487668

Document Ref. No. : 59391

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
UN House, Marine Gardens, Christ Church, P.O.Box 625c Bridgetown Barbados tel: 1 (246) 467 6000 fax: 1 (246) 429 2448
Barbados

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BBRSO81042:Technical Consultant, Disaster Recovery

Caribbean countries share similar economic and sustainable development challenges, including a small population, remoteness, susceptibility to natural hazards, and vulnerability to climate change. The region is the second-most hazard prone in the world, and faces multiple hydrometeorological and geological hazards including tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes. Many factors are compounding these risks. Increasing urbanisation, especially on low-lying coastlines, is exposing growing populations, many in informal settlements, and critical infrastructure to greater potential for flooding, storm surge and tsunami. Given the current condition of the marine environment, most coastal areas have few defences against the ragingsurfs of hurricanes and tropical storms, and the likely consequences would be significant including beach erosion and infrastructure damage. Socioeconomic inequalities often mean that persons with limited resources more frequently occupy high risk areas. The devastating events of September 2017 demonstrated how a single event could reverse decades of development and decimate the entire economy of a country. Islands such as Barbuda, BVI and Dominica are continuing to recover from hurricanes Irma and Maria, a process that will take several years. Climate change is magnifying risks and increasing the cost of disasters, where the average annual losses associated with tropical cyclone winds are projected to increase by as much as US$1.4billion by 2050, not accounting for additional losses from storm surge due to sea level rise[1].The IPCC suggests that even with a 1.5C rise in average global temperatures, it would heighten risks to eradicating poverty, reducing inequalities and ensuring human and ecosystem health. The impacts would disproportionately affect disadvantaged and vulnerable populationsthrough, inter alia, food insecurity, water scarcity, lost livelihood opportunities, adverse health impacts, and population displacement.[2] Some of t...

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