Caribbean faces unique challenges in copingwith the climatechange, sea-level rise, natural disasters, alleviation of poverty and sustainable development.
Young people living in rural areas require new coping mechanisms to deal withclimatechange and shrinking farm sizes, and to exploit opportunities for off-farm work.
While the environmental transformations engendered by climatechange are expected to be unprecedented, existing in-depth indigenous knowledge on strategies for copingwithchange may also provide a crucial foundation for new adaptation measures and sustainable development in the face of climatechange.