1. PROBLEM_ FINANCING CARIBBEAN SIDS’ ADAPTATION TO, AND MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE : F I N A N C E F O R D E V E L O P M E N T W O R L D B A N K M O O C D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 5
Climate Change
This is the caricom implementation plan for the ‘regional framework for achieving development resilien t to climate change’ (the regional framework) which defines the region’s strategic approach for coping with climate change. CARICOM countries have considerable cause for concern a as the threats posed by a changing climate to their development prospects are severe and both mitigation and adaptation will require a significant and sustained investment of resources that the member states will be unable to provide on their own .