Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett told the 44th Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) that discourses on issues that impair the development of the Caribbean cannot exclude considerations pertaining to the environment.
“No discussion about the vulnerabilities of our region would be complete without an allusion to the question of climate change in the Caribbean,” Rodrigues-Birkett said at the forum held in Asuncion, Paraguay on Wednesday, June 4.
“In the Caribbean, the two industries which will sustain the most damage from the effects of Climate Change are tourism and agriculture, the very industries which are most critical to the survival of the region. Other vital industries, such as fisheries, will also be greatly affected by global warming. With our basic industries damaged, unemployment will
