little to hyperbolise the climate crisis. Instead, we in Dominica are on our way to climate resilience because we have no other choice, we are left fending for ourselves,” Dominica’s Minister of Environment, Rural Modernisation and Kalinago Upliftment, Cozier Frederick, said. “Global leaders need to live up to their climate commitments, otherwise, climate catastrophe will worsen for us all.”
Despite being one of the poorest of the Caribbean countries, the island of 72,000 people has launched several initiatives to adapt to the climate crisis. Apart from investing in restoring the country’s agricultural and fisheries industries, Dominica, is now constructing over 5,000 weather-proof homes for its citizens, with the assistance of the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme. Moreover, the Caribbean island has launched plans to build a geothermal plant that will not only reduce the cost of electricity for the public, but will also supply electricity to the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.
