Regional impacts of climate change.

• Author: Conaway, Janelle
• Position: OAS - Brief article

CLIMATE CHANGE is a global issue--but for the environmentally vulnerable Caribbean countries, it carries particular urgency.

"The possibility that our climate may change is enough for us to take notice and to be proactive. We stand to lose nearly everything, if the predictions of the scientists come true," said Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to the OAS, Deborah-Mae Lovell. She was speaking at the first seminar in a series on "Bringing the Caribbean's Sustainable Development Agenda to Washington," a joint initiative of the OAS Department of Sustainable Development, the Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), and the World Bank.

During the meeting, CCCCC Deputy Director and meteorologist Carlos Fuller reviewed data showing that over the last century, the average temperature in the Caribbean region increased by 2[degrees]F, and sea levels rose at a rate of .08...