{"id":82178,"date":"2023-06-14T16:32:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carilec.org\/?p=82178"},"modified":"2023-06-14T16:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:32:42","slug":"protecting-the-caribbean-from-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carilec.org\/protecting-the-caribbean-from-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting the Caribbean from climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Lenore T. Adkins <\/a>Jun 13, 2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In a historic visit to The Bahamas, Vice President Harris announced new initiatives to support Caribbean countries in their clean energy transitions and in mitigating the impact of climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs neighbors, the United States shares common bonds and interests with the Caribbean nations,\u201d the vice president said June 8. She called the U.S.-Caribbean partnership \u201cessential to our mutual security and prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n

She made her comments as she co-hosted the U.S.-Caribbean Leaders Meeting in Nassau with Philip Davis, prime minister of The Bahamas. It was her fourth meeting with the region\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n

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Vice President Harris, center, and Prime Minister of The Bahamas Philip Davis, right, greet officials before meetings with Caribbean leaders on Paradise Island, The Bahamas, on June 8. (\u00a9 Dante Carrer\/Reuters)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption>

During her trip, Harris announced more than $100 million to address climate, energy, food security and humanitarian assistance in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

Harris is the highest-ranking U.S. government official to visit The Bahamas since its 1973 independence.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Progress on the climate front<\/h2>\n

Harris noted that \u201cCaribbean nations are on the front lines\u201d in regard to the climate crisis. She said powerful storms can wipe out economic progress, and low-lying islands face erosion, flooding and deadly storm surge from rising seas.<\/p>\n

This is why last year, leaders launched the\u00a0U.S.-Caribbean Partnership to Address the Climate Crisis 2030<\/a>\u00a0(PACC 2030) during the\u00a0Summit of the Americas.<\/a><\/p>\n

Since the leaders met last year in Los Angeles, she said, the United States has helped move forward clean energy projects throughout the region, including projects in:<\/p>\n