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Marlene Attzs, Ph.D. Department of Economics

University of the West Indies St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago W.I.

Email : marlene.attzs@sta.uwi.edu or mattzs@hotmail.com;

Telephone : 868 662 2002 ext 3814 or 3231 Fax: 868 662 6555 or 868 662 9461

Profile: Marlene Attzs holds a PhD in Economics and is currently a Lecturer in Economics at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Her primary research areas are the economics of climate change adaptation, disaster risk management, particularly with respect to the challenges faced by developing countries, gender mainstreaming into disaster risk management, the role of civil society in sustainable development initiatives and sustainable tourism. Academic Record: Ph.D. Economics 2004. University College London/University of the West Indies (Thesis entitled: The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change in Caribbean SIDS: Lessons from the region’s experience with hurricanes and implications for the sustainable development of the regional tourism industry”) M.Sc. Economics 1999. University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago B.Sc. Economics 1994. University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago Employment Record: Present Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago 2006-2007 MSc Economics Supervisor for thesis on: Ex Ante Financing Strategies For Disaster Risk Management In Caribbean Economies: The Case Of Grenada And Hurricane Ivan 1996 to present Sustainable Economic Development Unit (SEDU), Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

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2003 to 2005 Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Department of Economics, Trinidad and Tobago 1995 to 2003 Graduate/Teaching Assistant, University of the West Indies, Department of Economics, Trinidad and Tobago 2006 Consultant, Caribbean Development Bank on the Economic Impact of Disasters on Caribbean Economies: case studies of Jamaica and Grenada 2006-2007 Consultant, IDB Disaster Risk Prevention Project for the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Responsible for drafting the Procurement Plan and the Project Execution Mechanism for the Bahamas Natural Risk Preventive Management Project (BH L1008). 2005-2006 Consultant, IDB Washington, (Sustainable Development Division) with responsibility for coordination of the Natural Disasters Network. Output included contribution to the Bank’s Disaster Policy Document. 2002 to 2005 Consulting Socio-Economist, Assessing Caribbean Sustainability Processes and Advocating Strategies for Sustainable Development Project, 2002 Socio-Economic Consultant, Economic Impact of Climate Change on CARICOM Countries Project, The World Bank 2001, 2002 Socio-Economic Consultant, Draft Management Plan for North East Tobago, Tobago House of Assembly and European Union Professional Affiliations and Appointments: • Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association [Asociación de Economía de América Latina y el Caribe] (LACEA) • Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) • Deputy Coordinator and Founding Member of the Sustainable Economic Development Unit (SEDU), Department of Economics, University of the West Indies • Founding Member of the Caribbean Sustainable Economic Development Network (CSEDNet) Selected Project Experience: Socioeconomic analyst for the following:

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• First National Communication on Climate Change for Trinidad and Tobago, commissioned by the Environmental Management Authority (EMA, Trinidad and Tobago), 1999-2000 • Sustainable Tourism Development: the case of Tobago, 1996 • The Macro economic Impact of the Buccoo Reef Marine Plan on Communities in Tobago, 1996 Publications: Selected Papers presented at Conferences & other Professional fora: December 2007 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Conference of Parties Meeting, Bali, Indonesia. Paper presented on “Mainstreaming Gender into climate Change Adaptation: policy implications for the Caribbean” May 2007 Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce, paper entitled “This business of climate change: opportunities and threats to Caribbean Business” June 2007 United Nations University/WIDER Conference, Helsinki, Finland. Paper presented on Natural Disasters and Remittances: Exploring the linkages between poverty, gender and disaster vulnerability in Caribbean SIDS June 2007 Caribbean Conference on the Diaspora, Washington D.C. Paper entitled “Economic Empowerment of the Caribbean Diaspora” June 2006 IDB/CDB Technical Workshop on the Management of Disaster Risk through Fiscal and Budget Planning March 2007 Professional Development Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation, Imperial College, London Recent manuscripts and publications: Marlene Attzs. 2008. Gender and Climate Change in Trinidad and Tobago: opportunities, gaps and challenges in crafting an agenda for the way forward. Paper prepared for Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) on the occasion of the Gender & Climate Change Workshop Marlene Attzs. 2008. Attzs, Marlene. 2008. Natural Disasters, Climate Change and the Caribbean Tourism Industry. In The Economics of an Integrated (watershed) approach to Environmental Management in Small Island Developing States (SIDS): From Ridge to Reef. UWI-SEDU: Small and Island Economies (SIDS) Greening Policy Publication Series No. 1.

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Pantin, Dennis and Marlene Attzs. 2007. Coastal Resources and Sustainable Economic Development in Caribbean SIDS: an overview. Paper commissioned by UNESCO Attzs, Marlene. 2005. When all things are not equal: natural disasters and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. In Breaking with Business as Usual, report of the Commonwealth Foundation. London, Commonwealth Foundation. Attzs, Marlene et al. 2005. Flood and Storm Control In Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Reports on Scenarios. Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Island Press: Washington, D.C. Attzs, Marlene and Compton Bourne. 2005. Institutions in Caribbean Economic Growth and Development. In Social and Economic Studies 54:3, pages 17-40. Research In progress:

• Natural Disasters and Remittances in Central America and the Caribbean

• Mainstreaming Gender into disaster risk management in the Caribbean

• Disasters and Sustainable Tourism Development: Exploring the Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Tourism Industry in Selected Caribbean Destinations.

Languages: English – mother tongue; Spanish – speaking proficiency (high); writing (moderate); French – speaking proficiency (fair).