An Economist says if efforts are not undertaken to resolve the financial impact of climate change now, over the next 50 years Caribbean economies are going to lose approximately two to 3% growth per year.
This is according to the Deputy Principal of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Professor Winston Moore.
He was speaking during the start of a three-day meeting of the Caribbean ICJ Advocacy Clinic for the International Court of Justice Advisory opinion on climate change.
It is hosted by the Faculty of Law at Cave Hill and the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services, ahead of a hearing before the International Court of Justice on Climate Change scheduled for December.
And Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds says for too long the people throughout the Caribbean have been too numb to the reality and the catastrophic consequences if substantial improvements are not made.
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