Caribbean countries seek to strengthen coastal resilience in the face of the climate crisis

Caribbean countries seek to strengthen coastal resilience in the face of the climate crisis

CARACAS, October 19, 2024 (EFE).– Representatives of some 20 countries with access to the Caribbean Sea met in Trinidad and Tobago to study ideas that can strengthen the resilience of coastal areas against the effects of climate crisisThe government of Venezuela reported today Saturday.

Through Instagram, the Ministry of Ecosocialism (Environment) indicated that the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) organized this workshop with the aim of addressing the effects of the climate emergency on sandy coasts, as well as to identify ways to mitigate these damages.

The project proposes to improve the resilience to climate change of coastal communities, through the establishment of an erosion monitoring network, said the Environment portfolio.

In addition, the countries proposed the “definition of rehabilitation measures against the impacts of the climate crisis and the need to promote the climate resilience of the Caribbean Sea.”

The regional workshop

Caribbean countries seek to strengthen coastal resilience in the face of the climate crisis
Tropical depression Nadine tonight, Saturday, October 19, will move through northern Guatemala and enter southern Mexico, while Hurricane Oscar heads toward the northern coast of Cuba. Image by RAMMB/CIRA

The document does not offer further details, so it is unknown if agreements were signed or if other specific issues were addressed during the workshop.

To the 15 territories that make up the Community of Caribbean States (Caricom) American countries with access to this side of the Atlantic are added, such as Colombia, Mexico, Cuba and Venezuelawhere 10 of its 23 states are located on the oceanfront.

He Caricom It is made up of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

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