Antiguan Veronica Yearwood no longer panics when she hears that the rainfall forecast for the tiny Caribbean island is again lower than average rainfall.
Caribbean leaders on Saturday further advanced their policy position on climate change ahead of the 21
st Conference of Parties, also known as COP 21, scheduled for Paris during November and December of this year.
Cyclone Pam has not only caused unprecedented damages to the Pacific island of Vanuatu but also lent urgency to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s plea that disaster risk reduction is in “everybody’s interest”.