CDEMA's Regional Planetary Security Conference

Prime Minister Evelyn Wever Croes spoke at CDEMA’s Regional Planetary Security Conference in the Caribbean held in Aruba. The theme of this conference was “Planetary Security in the Caribbean Region: A roadmap to Climate Resilience” and it brought together 30 technical experts, practitioners and policymakers from across the English, Dutch, French and Spanish speaking in the areas of climate change, disaster risk management and regional security. This regional consultation provided a space for reflection on the key issues related to climate and security in the Caribbean region, to be agreed upon with the Planetary Security Initiative. This contributed to the ongoing process of elaboration of a Pathway/Road Map for building resilience of Caribbean SIDS to climate and human security challenges. The convening of this Regional Consultation by CDEMA was essential in forging stronger linkages between the Caribbean SIDS and CDEMA with the Planetary Security Initiative, lending a stronger voice to the Caribbean case for resilience in international debates.