several reasons, including the United States’ return to the Paris Agreement, and the United Kingdom’s role as president of UN climate talks (COP26) this year. However, the event has been criticised by many experts owing to the failure of these wealthy nations to agree assist developing nations with the funding required not only to slash greenhouse gas emissions, but also to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
The Caribbean is one such region where Small Island Developing States (SIDs ) have been suffering from the most devastating impacts of climate change, although they have had very little to do exasperating global warming, accounting for less than one per cent of global carbon emissions. For instance, in September 2017, when category 5 Hurricane Maria struck Dominica, more than 90 per cent of the island’s structures were destroyed. Following such adversity, the Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit committed the country to become the world’s first climate-resilient nation.
“Small countries like Dominica have done…
