Event Date:
Thursday, 4 June 2026 - 4:00pm
Jamaica enters the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season still recovering from Hurricane Melissa's ecological damage, including battered reefs, stripped hillsides, degraded mangroves, and silted waterways, while a developing El Niño brings a second and different set of pressures: reduced rainfall, increased temperatures, drought risk, and heat stress on environmental systems already weakened by the storm.
Event 3 of the National Resilience Dialogue Series focuses on the climate and environmental resilience lessons Jamaica must learn from Hurricane Melissa. Each event in the Series is designed to interrogate what must be done differently and generate policy-relevant insights to guide Jamaica's recovery.
The Higher Education Task Force for Disaster Resilience (HEDE) brings together The University of the West Indies, The University of Technology, The Caribbean Maritime University, and The Northern Caribbean University to provide scientific analysis, policy advice, and civic engagement in support of Jamaica's post-disaster rebuilding and long-term resilience.
Join us this Thursday at 4:00 pm (EST) on YouTube.
Audience:
Alumni
Staff
Student
General Public
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