The Caribbean’s Economic Future Depends on Building Climate Resilience
Uniquely vulnerable to extreme weather, island nations are seeking funding for projects to drive development while boosting resilience.
Beat the Heat
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Extreme climate events are presenting a new and unexpected challenge to the private sector in Latin America. While attention understandably focuses on the ordinary citizens caught up in catastrophes such as the floods in Tabasco, Mexico and Hurricane Noel in the Dominican Republic, the painful economic effects on the hemisphere’s business community are often lost in the news coverage.
