Flooding and food security in Trinidad and Tobago

"Climate change is one of the greatest challenges that we are facing in today’s world; it is particularly important for us in the Caribbean and for a country like Trinidad and Tobago," says Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) Director and Trinidad-native Roger-Mark De Souza in an upcoming documentary by Sustain T&T, a non-profit based in the islands, as reported by News Security Beat/ECSP.

Caribbean states are more exposed to hazards such as storm surges, extreme weather, sea level rise, flood. The documentary, A Sea Change aims is to discover how these changes are affecting the country and to explore the community's awareness of them. “One of the more alarming things is that people in general don’t understand the concept of climate change,” said Carver Baccus, director of Sustain T&T. “They see the negative effects but are not able to make the connection to climate change, and as a result they feel quite powerless.”