2022
DOI: 10.3390/cli10110178
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Climate Change and the Caribbean: Challenges and Vulnerabilities in Building Resilience to Tropical Cyclones

Abstract: Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the impacts of climate change. The region has prioritized adaptation to climate change and has implemented many adaptation actions over the past 20 years. However, the region is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of tropical cyclones (TC). This paper analyses the impacts of TC on the region between 1980 to 2019. It aims to examine the economic loss and damage sustained by the region, identify the … Show more

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“…The Caribbean is entirely composed of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and is one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change (floods, storms, and droughts) ( 1 , 4 7 ). The Atlantic basin, where the Caribbean region is located, exposes most Caribbean islands to hurricanes ( 5 , 7 ). Between 1980 and 2014, the Caribbean experienced 70 named tropical cyclones.…”
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“…The Caribbean is entirely composed of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and is one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change (floods, storms, and droughts) ( 1 , 4 7 ). The Atlantic basin, where the Caribbean region is located, exposes most Caribbean islands to hurricanes ( 5 , 7 ). Between 1980 and 2014, the Caribbean experienced 70 named tropical cyclones.…”
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“…Between 1980 and 2014, the Caribbean experienced 70 named tropical cyclones. The frequency increased over the past decade, with three category-five hurricanes between 2017 and 2019 ( 5 ). Caribbean SIDS are also already experiencing coastal erosion, rising sea levels, stronger extra-tropical and tropical cyclones, rising air and sea surface temperatures, and altered rainfall patterns ( 1 , 5 ).…”
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