BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Caribbean will benefit from the establishment of the Regional Climate Centre (RCC) – the first of its kind in the western hemisphere.

The centre – located at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) in Barbados — was financed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

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United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Linda Taglialatela noted the importance of having such a centre in the region.

“In the past two decades, the Caribbean has experienced several natural phenomena, including floods, droughts, and hurricanes, which can threaten economic growth. Also, the region presently accounts for seven of the world’s top 30 water-scarce countries, and Barbados is in the top ten of that list,” she said.

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The US government provided support for the RCC through infrastructural work at the CIMH, as well as providing staff training and other resources to help manage the centre.

The project got underway following a meeting in 2009 when the countries of North America, Central and South America and the Caribbean, which makes up this region of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), discussed the importance of having a regional climate centre.

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“In 2010, the governing body of the CMO supported our proposal to move in this direction, and we started the demonstration phase in 2012. Eventually, when the WMO’s governing body met in China last October, we took a proposal to them and they were impressed with what they saw, and ultimately we were approved as a Regional Climate Centre in May of this year,” said Coordinating

Director of the Caribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO) Tyrone Sutherland.

With the establishment of this centre, Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency Ronald Jackson urged regional governments to ensure the venture is a sustainable one, by providing it with the resources it needs to continue its work.