With the Caribbean at the forefront of climate change impacts, the region’s leading advocate, Racquel Moses, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Global Ambassador and CEO of the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator (CCSA), is urging stakeholders at COP29 to prioritise vulnerable regions like the Caribbean. Rising sea levels, intensified storms, and coastal erosion threaten lives and livelihoods, underscoring the urgent need for decisive climate finance action. In an interview with the Guyana Chronicle, Moses highlights a glaring gap in funding: while the Caribbean requires over $100 billion annually for climate adaptation, current resource flows fall far short. This demand represents just a fraction of the global $400 billion needed, yet the delays in mobilising funds exacerbate the region’s vulnerabilities.
