Climate impacts on agriculture and tourism – the case for climate resilient investment in the Caribbean

The document highlights that climate change is already causing severe damage in the Caribbean through hurricanes, flooding, and droughts, which is reversing gains in poverty alleviation and economic growth. It emphasizes the need for adaptation investments in agriculture to address rainfall changes and extreme events, and in tourism to combat sea-level rise and coral bleaching. The brief notes that while CDKN research has provided necessary localized climate projections, high up-front costs remain a significant barrier to implementing adaptation measures.

• Climate change is currently causing significant economic damage and reversing development gains in the Caribbean, with Saint Lucia experiencing 27 natural disasters between 1980 and 2008 resulting in estimated damages of US$2.5 billion.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2017). Climate impacts on agriculture and tourism – the case for climate resilient investment in the Caribbean. https://cdkn.org/resource/policy-brief-climate-impacts-agriculture-tourism-case-climate-resilient-investment-caribbean

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Climate impacts on agriculture and tourism – the case for climate resilient investment in the Caribbean. 2017. https://cdkn.org/resource/policy-brief-climate-impacts-agriculture-tourism-case-climate-resilient-investment-caribbean.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2017climate, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Climate impacts on agriculture and tourism – the case for climate resilient investment in the Caribbean}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2017}, month = feb, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/policy-brief-climate-impacts-agriculture-tourism-case-climate-resilient-investment-caribbean}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }