Resumen
Natalie Medlock (G’23), a graduate student in the Master of Science in Foreign Service program at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, authored a paper on the disproportionate effects of climate change on Caribbean and Central American countries.
The Impact of Climate-Related Disasters on Latin America and the Caribbean
Natural disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Caribbean countries are disproportionately affected by disasters due to their high degree of vulnerability, climate-dependent economies, and the small share of emissions they generate, and they therefore suffer intense economic impact, not always in dollar amount but in proportion to each country’s GDP. Leaders in the region should allocate more disaster-related finance towards prevention and reduction rather than post-calamity responses.