Join us on March 16, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. for the second installment of the 2025-2026 LACC & CPC Webinar Series.
Rising sea levels, hurricanes, and floods have become defining features of the environmental security landscape of the Caribbean, with global warming aggravating the circumstances of some countries. This webinar reflects on the region’s environmental security scene for 2026, particularly the hurricanes that impacted Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas, and other islands, the floods in Guyana and Suriname, and wildfires in Belize. Attention will be paid to the socio-economic impact of global warming and climate financing.
PANELISTS
Dr. Scott MacDonald, Fellow with the Caribbean Policy Consortium, and chief economist at Smith’s Research & Gradings
Dr. Keron Niles, Lecturer within the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies
Dr. Juan Pablo Sarmiento, Consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB), and LACC Fellow
MODERATOR: Jessica Byron-Reid, University of the West Indies, Professor Emerita and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium, (CPC)
This event is presented in collaboration with the Caribbean Policy Consortium (CPC)
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