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It highlights that effective climate resilience requires coordinating local networks, conducting community-based vulnerability and adaptive capacity assessments, and linking these local actions to regional and national decision-making processes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000105#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Caribbean decision-makers are shifting away from 'top-down' adaptation strategies, recognizing that multi-level governance systems are the best practice for delivering local adaptation, particularly for communities dependent on climate-vulnerable sectors like tourism or fishing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000105#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Effective local adaptation requires a combination of four interconnected approaches: fostering collaborative networks of local actors, performing community-based vulnerability assessments, assessing local adaptive capacity, and integrating local actions with national and regional decision-making.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000105#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Community-based approaches serve a dual purpose: they provide critical insights for building climate resilience and stimulate local dialogue to increase awareness and understanding of climate change.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"cdkn-000105#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate change adaptation","multi-level governance","Community based adaptation","adaptive capacity","climate resilience","tourism industry"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis"]},{"id":"cdkn-000103","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/cdkn-000103","title":"Climate data and projections: Supporting evidence-based decision-making in the Caribbean","publisher":{"name":"Climate and Development Knowledge Network","organization":"climate-and-development-knowledge-network"},"document_type":"policy brief","language":"en","date_published":"2017-03-21","source_url":"https://cdkn.org/resource/policy-brief-climate-data-projections-supporting-evidence-based-decision-making-caribbean","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags"],"summary":{"text":"The CARibbean Weather Impacts Group (CARIWIG) project, funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), provides free access to downscaled climate data and simulation tools for the Caribbean region. These resources, which include a weather generator, a tropical storm model, and a regional drought analysis tool, are designed to help decision-makers understand potential impacts of temperature changes, rainfall, tropical storms, and drought. While the brief notes that downscaling increases uncertainty and that data should not be the sole basis for action, it emphasizes that these tools help build a picture of potential impacts on key economic sectors. 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