Beach erosion, Manzanillo, Costa Rica. Photo courtesy of: © Denis Delestrac
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Almost no Caribbean beach escapes erosion, a problem that scientific sources describe as extensive and irreversible in these ecosystems of high economic interest, that work as protective barriers for life inland…
Read Full Article, IPS News (07-01-2017)
Caribbean Scientists Work to Limit Climate Impact on Marine Environment; IPS News (04-28-2017)
Addressing Climate Change On Several Fronts In The Caribbean, Video, IPS News (03-18-2016)
Climate change is already affecting the Caribbean. But there is concern that a gap still exists between what the region’s leaders are saying about the issue and what residents believe…
“We in the Caribbean Are Living Climate Change”, IPS News (12-10-2013)
Alliance between the Arctic and Tropics (02-2011)
No wonder “you melt, we sink” is the nightmare that unites 43 small developing island nations of the world, and Arctic organizations in their fight against climate change through a coalition called called Many Strong Voices.
Like the Arctic, small island nations account for a tiny percentage of world energy consumption and produce low levels of climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Yet they’re already threatened by the same kind of unpredictable weather, storms and erosion due to the changing climate that has some Alaskan villages relocating inland…