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Abstract
Climate change is rapidly becoming the defining feature of the Caribbean developmental landscape. Yet theoretical and practical responses to the issue have been somewhat limited, particularly in terms of the socio-economic and political dimensions. This article begins by tracing the dramatic impact that climate change presages for Caribbean development. It then moves on to an analysis of how the region is attempting to respond at the global, regional and national levels. We then question the significance of this for Pan-Caribbean development, before pointing the way to a nascent research agenda with the political economy of climate change at its heart.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank sincerely the editors of JDS and two anonymous referees for their genuinely constructive and critical engagement throughout the review process. The experience was the model of what peer-review should be; and the final article, which is much improved since our initial submission, is hopefully testament to this.
Notes
1. The full AOSIS membership includes: from the Caribbean: Antigua-Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago; from the Atlantic: Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Principe; from the Indian Ocean: Comoros, Maldives, Mauritius and Seychelles; and from the Pacific: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. There are also four observers: American Samoa, Guam, Netherlands Antilles and the US Virgin Islands. It should also be noted that there is significant overlap between the countries which are considered SIDS and the membership of AOSIS.
2. Anonymous interview with CARICOM climate change official, November 2011.
3. Anonymous interview with AOSIS climate change expert, November 2011.
4. Anonymous interview with CARICOM climate change official, November 2011.
5. Anonymous interview with CARICOM climate change official, November 2011.
6. Anonymous interview with Barbadian government official, December 2011.
7. Anonymous interview with Caribbean regional technocrat, December 2011.