High on the agenda of the recent Caricom summit in St Vincent and the Grenadines was the on-going challenges posed by climate change and sea-level rise to the region.
Heads of Government agreed to establish a task force on climate change and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to provide guidance to Caribbean climate change negotiators, their ministers and political leaders in order to ensure the strategic positioning of the region in the negotiations.
According to the communiqué issued at the end of the inter-sessional meeting, the regional leaders emphasized
