Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba: Management and Adaptation

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As a result of climate change, ocean temperatures are warming and sea levels are rising. Natural disasters have been increasing in frequency and ferocity. Yet, over six decades, Cuba has developed a world-leading model for disaster preparedness and risk reduction. Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba: Management and Adaptation discusses the island’s ongoing resilience against the impacts of climate change. Its commitment to disaster preparedness and management are lauded by international bodies, such as the United Nations and World Health Organization, and by governments from across the globe. Comprised of research from leading scholars, policy makers, and activists, this comprehensive, multidisciplinary analysis of Cuba’s model explores why Cuba’s approach to emergency disaster response is such a success and the aspects that make it so distinct, while also informing readers about the much-needed improvement of international approaches and policies. Scholars of communication, environmental studies, and Latin American studies will find this book particularly interesting. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Acronyms Acknowledgments Introduction Bibliography Chapter 1: Disaster Preparedness and Management: What Makes the Cuban Approach Different? The Evolution of Cuba’s Approach Distinguishing Characteristics of Cuba’s Disaster Preparedness and Management System Conclusion Note Bibliography Chapter 2: Disaster Management in Cuba: Formal, Semi-Formal, and Informal Procedures Formal Procedures Semi-Formal Procedures Informal Procedures The Significance of Cuba’s Formal, Semi-Formal, and Informal Procedures Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 3: First and Last Bulwark against Natural Disasters: Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces The Natural Disaster Challenge in Cuba The Armed Forces of Cuba The FAR and Natural Disasters And How Is It all Done? Recent and not so Recent Trends Conclusions Notes Bibliography Chapter 4: Cuba–Russia Cooperation: The History of Fraternal Disaster Management Collaboration The Cuban–Soviet alliance: An Overview Fraternal and Internationalist Help A Shared Phenomenon Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 5: Bastión: The Shaping of a Pueblo Combatiente and Natural Disaster Management The Guerra de Todo el Pueblo and the Launch of Bastión Bastión in the New Millennium: Incorporating Natural Disaster Preparation Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 6: Meteoro : The Impact of Education on Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction Education in Cuba Meteoro Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 7: Postgraduate Education Concerning Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Cuban Health Sector Knowledge: The Foundation of Disaster Risk Reduction Human Resources Preparedness for Disasters CLAMED: A New Focus The Challenges of Confronting Climate Change Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 8: People Power: Cuba’s Path to Effective Disaster Management The Current Political Administrative System Building Organizational and Institutional Infrastructure Building an Educational and Scientific Base Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 9: Cuba’s Tarea Vida: Sustainable Development and Combating Climate Change The Cuban Revolution Commits to Environmental Protection The Pivot to Sustainable Development in the 1990s The Challenge of Climate Change: Antecedents to Tarea Vida Climate Change: An Existential Threat Tarea Vida: The State Plan to Confront Climate Change Tarea Vida: Strategic Actions and Tasks National Mobilization and Community Participation Controlling Implementation Tomorrow will be Too Late Notes Bibliography Chapter 10: International Collaboration on the Environment and Marine Conservation in Cuba: Reflections from Environmental Defense Fund What Makes Cuba Special in Terms of Marine Conservation? Why Should the United States Collaborate with Cuba on Marine Conservation? Selected Successful International Marine Conservation Collaborations Cuba Continues to Lead the Way on Conservation in the Caribbean and Set the Stage for Greater Collaboration The Impacts of Cuba’s Success in Marine Conservation: Reaching Other Countries and Motivating Action through International Collaborations Future U.S.–Cuba Environmental Collaboration: Based on Common Goals Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 11: Agroecology, Food, and the Climate Crisis: Transition, Adaptation, and Building Resilience in Cuba The Role of Family Farming in Strengthening Resilience Integrating Food and Energy Production for Resilience and Sovereignty Agroecological Co-innovation for Resilience to Droughts Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 12: The Quest for Energy Alternatives in Post-1959 Cuba The Early Quest to Democratize Energy The Expediency of the Special Period: An Acute Energy Crisis Renewable Energy: Fueling the Battle of Ideas 2006: “Year of the Energy Revolution” Improving Energy Efficiency at Home Embedding the Energy Revolution A Bright and Renewable Cuba? The Role of Foreign Investment Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 13: The Foundation, Evolution, and Significance of Law as Part of Cuba’s Adaptive Governance of Hazard Response The Value Foundation of the Civil Defense and its Legal Framework The Constituent Instruments of the Civil Defense’s Legal Framework The Civil Defense’s Legal Framework as Model of “Adaptive Governance” Conclusion Notes Bibliography Chapter 14: Timeline: Important Events in Cuban Disaster Management and Climate Change Adaptation Bibliography Conclusion Index About the Contributors