The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has welcomed the approval by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) of the Climate Actions for Building Resilience in Coastal Communities (CABRIC) project, a US$44 million investment in locally driven climate adaptation across the Caribbean. The project will strengthen coastal resilience in The Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica and Saint Lucia.
The CABRIC project is designed to run for five years and focuses on helping coastal communities prepare for and adapt to the effects of climate change. Its emphasis on locally driven action means that communities in the participating countries are expected to play a central role in identifying and carrying out adaptation measures suited to their own circumstances.
The CCCCC's welcome of the approval points to the importance of coastal resilience for small island and coastal states in the region, where low-lying communities are exposed to rising seas, storm surge and erosion. Projects of this kind aim to reduce that vulnerability while building the capacity of local institutions to manage climate risks over the longer term.
Dominica is not among the five countries named in the project. The approval nonetheless forms part of a wider regional effort to channel international climate finance into Caribbean coastal communities, an area in which the Nature Isle and its neighbours in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States continue to face similar pressures.
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