چکیده:
The purpose of this report is to assess the potential economic impact of climate change on the CARICOM countries — Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago. It develops estimates of potential economic impacts due to climate change in the absence of adaptation actions. The study had a very tight schedule and limited budget and so was limited to economic impacts that could be estimated from readily available existing studies. No original research or data collection was undertaken.
To be meaningful an estimate of the potential economic impact of climate change must relate to a specific climate change scenario. However, future changes to the climate in the Caribbean are uncertain. To address this uncertainty, two climate change scenarios — a “low case” and a “high case” — are specified. Climate change has numerous consequences that can have economic impacts. The potential economic impacts due to climate change are summarized in Chapter 3.