According to the CARICOM Secretariat in Guyana, Cuba has encouraged the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to participate in a number of initiatives that might support the region’s efforts to combat climate change.
Based on the report, Cuba has put up three projects: one to restore sandy beaches; another to collaborate on low-carbon tourism, and a third to protect coral reefs.
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The ideas, according to the Secretariat, were put out during the just-finished CARICOM-Cuba Summit in Barbados earlier this month.
The Association of Caribbean States (ACS), located in Trinidad, is sponsoring the initiative on the recovery of sandy beaches, which has already been put into practice in Trinidad and Tobago and Antigua and Barbuda, the Secretariat further highlighted.
“With respect to the low carbon and resilient tourism cooperation project, Cuba said it is working on the region-wide project to present to the Green Climate Fund. Working together, Cuba and CARICOM could develop a project of common interest.”
According to the Secretariat, Cuba is also making plans to get money for a high-impact initiative to protect Caribbean coral reefs from the impacts of climate change.
“The project seeks to boost the capability to access climate financing. Cuba said it has created the IRIS United for Climate Foundation to promote cooperation in the region by exploring opportunities that CARICOM could take advantage of.”
Cuba has also proposed organizing a workshop on catastrophe risk management and climate change adaptation, with a focus on early warning systems, according to the Secretariat, in the interest of sustainable development.
“As part of efforts to build capacity in member states, Cuba has volunteered to offer training based on the experience its environmental agency has acquired in the construction of regional projects,” the Secretariat noted.
