COP 27 Recap: Caribbean Voices on Loss and Damage

At COP 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Caribbean delegates played a pivotal role in securing the historic agreement to establish a Loss and Damage fund. CPDC facilitated a side event highlighting the connection between climate vulnerability and debt distress in SIDS.

The event featured testimonies from community leaders across the Caribbean describing the cascading economic impacts of hurricanes, flooding, and sea level rise on national budgets already strained by debt obligations.