Caribbean countries launch multi-million-dollar project to strengthen climate resilience

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and national and regional stakeholders, has launched a US$12.55-million initiative aimed at strengthening climate and disaster resilience in the Caribbean fisheries sector.

The Climate Change Resilience in the Caribbean Fisheries Sector Project (CC4FISH-II), funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), is expected to benefit more than 21,800 people across Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.

The project builds on the foundation established by CC4FISH between 2017 and 2022, when the initiative worked across seven Eastern Caribbean countries to assess the fisheries sector’s vulnerability to climate change, strengthen the capacity of fisherfolk and aquaculturists, and advance the integration of climate adaptation into fisheries governance and planning.