Caribbean Forced to Choose Between Climate Change Impact and Development Goals

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Sandy Island, Grenadines. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care

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Climate change is forcing the nine-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to choose between expending scarce resources to deal with its impact or other pressing development goals.

The Caribbean is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world but we tend to ignore the threat that could occur as a result of the impact of climate change…”

“Already there is accelerated erosion taking place because of the rise in sea levels and it’s estimated that if this continues, a third of the island of Barbuda could be lost.”

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