Grenadines. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
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Flooding is commonplace in the Caribbean, with Guyana, one of the most flood-prone countries in the region, where nearly 90 percent of the population lives in this narrow coastal plain largely below sea level and, therefore, highly vulnerable to climate change.
Despite the region’s high vulnerability and exposure to climate change, Caribbean countries have failed to access or mobilise international climate finance at levels commensurate with their needs…
