“we are trying to raise awareness and create ambassadors of climate change action. With annual hurricanes, Caribbean countries face a permanent build- disaster-rebuild cycle and this is costly.  The key issue for the Caribbean region is debt. The Caribbean remains the most indebted region in the world, with 70% of that debt being disaster related. Many governments have maxed out their ability to borrow for post hurricane infrastructure recovery and rebuild.   

More action needs to be taken by countries who contribute the most to climate change and proposing insurance programs to battered countries cannot alone mitigate the effects of climate change.”

“We should not be forced to leave our homes and countries because of climate change,” Burnett emphasized.