FROM SCIENCE TO MARKET: PRICING SARGASSUM RISK AND CLASSIFYING STRANDED BIOMASS IN THE WIDER CARIBBEAN (PHASE II)

To determine the financial and institutional conditions under which sargassum influx risk in the Wider Caribbean can be priced and carried, by establishing which risk-transfer and risk-retention instruments are technically and commercially feasible for that peril and by documenting the legal category assigned to stranded biomass and the cost allocation it produces.

Project Detail

Country

Regional

Project Number

RG-T4987

Approval Date

September 14, 2026

Project Status

Implementation

Project Type

Technical Cooperation

Sector

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS

Subsector

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE

Lending Instrument

Lending Instrument Code

Modality

Facility Type

Environmental and Social Impact Category (ESIC)

Total Cost

USD 200,000.00

Country Counterpart Financing

Original Amount Approved

USD 200,000.00

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Preparation Phase

https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZIDB001485-1074090970-3

TC Abstract

RG-T4987 - TC-Abstract.pdf

Jun. 05, 2026

English

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