In the Caribbean, Climate Change Is a Gender Issue

Nov 16, 2020
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Caribbean countries are vulnerable to climate change and its impacts, including rising sea levels, extreme and unpredictable weather (including natural disasters), drought and flooding, biodiversity loss and insect borne diseases. For Caribbean women, who already face social inequalities and make up 70 per cent of the poor, climate change has the potential to reinforce and exacerbate these disparities.