Monday
November
17
2025
Time
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. (BRT)
Time zone
-03

Location
Belem, Brazil
CDB at COP 30
Events

COP 30: Climate Information and Early Warning Systems for Latin America and the Caribbean

Climate Action
Nov 5, 2025

Climate-related hazards are intensifying across the region, but financing for early warning systems remains uneven and insufficient.

This side event will:

  • Explore funding gaps and barriers to effective early warning systems.
  • Highlight new solutions, including the CDB-led CREWS project in Belize and Trinidad & Tobago.
  • Advance dialogue on the CAF-CABEI-CDB Co-Investment Platform to boost regional impact.

SPEAKERS

Opening Remarks

Mr. Daniel M. Best, President, Caribbean Development Bank

Panellists

  • Ms. Kristin Lang, Director of the Department for the Latin America and Caribbean Region, Green Climate Fund (GCF) Secretariat
  • Mr. Manfred Kopper, Chief Sustainability Officer, Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
  • Mr. John Harding, CREWS Secretariat
  • Mr. Ignacio Lorenzo, Director of the Technical Advisory Directorate on Biodiversity and Climate, Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF).
  • Mr. Donneil Cain, Coordinator, Climate Change, Caribbean Development Bank

Moderator  

Ms. Valerie Isaac, Division Chief, Environmental Sustainability Division, Caribbean Development Bank

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