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This policy brief summarizes a review of 39 public policies and laws in Belize to evaluate their support for climate-compatible tourism development. The analysis found a significant gap in the integration of climate change adaptation and resilience into national planning, with only 15% of reviewed documents addressing climate change impacts.

This report presents a rapid institutional analysis of the readiness of Trinidad and Tobago's food production, coastal zone management, and tourism sectors to adapt to climate change. Using the Adaptation: Rapid Institutional Analysis (ARIA) tool, the study evaluates these sectors across five indicators: vulnerability assessment, prioritisation, coordination, information management, and mainstreaming. The findings reveal significant institutional gaps across all three sectors, including a lack of comprehensive vulnerability assessments, inadequate prioritisation of adaptation strategies, and the absence of formal mainstreaming processes in sectoral planning.

This case study evaluates the utility of the PRECIS Regional Climate Model (RCM) and the Tropical Storm Model (TSM) for Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Barbados, focusing specifically on wind speed and direction projections to inform coastal protection and disaster planning.

This research paper by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) reviews the current and planned climate change adaptation actions in Senegal. It identifies the country's high vulnerability due to its dependence on climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture and fisheries, and its exposure to sea level rise and droughts. While Senegal has established a governance framework including a National Climate Change Committee and a National Adaptation Programme of Action, the report finds that mainstreaming climate risk into national and subnational development planning remains modest.