The Caribbean contributes the least of any area to local weather change. However it’s additionally arguably essentially the most susceptible area on the earth to its influence.
That’s why the Caribbean Tourism Group is making a push this week on the UN Local weather Change convention in Baku, Azerbaijan, hoping to champion the area and all the pieces from sustainable tourism to renewable power.
“Tourism is the heartbeat of the Caribbean. But, we should confront the stark actuality that our islands contribute the least however are among the many most susceptible to local weather change. The consequences of rising sea ranges, seaside erosion, and stronger and unpredictable hurricanes influence not solely our economies but additionally the very essence of Caribbean life,” stated Dona Regis-Prosper, Secretary-Normal and CEO of the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Group.
The CTO’s presence on the convention is “a vital step” in advancing climate-resilience tourism and “guaranteeing that world local weather motion addresses the distinctive challenges of our area,” she stated.
That’s an space the place the Caribbean has been succeeding of late, led largely by the efforts of Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett and the island’s celebrated World Tourism Resilience heart, which has grow to be a laboratory for finding out and innovating strategies to cope with the influence of local weather — and different worldwide challenges.
It’s important for the practically 45 million residents of the broader Caribbean who expertise these impacts firsthand, from stronger hurricanes to rising sea ranges.
