You are here Human activities linked to climate change The
climate poses several high-risk security concerns to the
Caribbean environment and the world at large. What systems and
policies do we have in place to address the inevitable potential
consequences of climate change? These were some of the issues
addressed at a recent symposium on Climate Diplomacy: Reducing
Risks for Security hosted by the University of the West Indies’
(UWI) Department of Behavioural Sciences, St. Augustine Campus
in collaboration with the German Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago.
In attendance were Stephan Shluter, German Ambassador to
Trinidad and Tobago; Joseph Beck, German Ambassador to Jamaica;
Gabriella Weber, deputy German Ambassador to the Dominican
Republic; Maureen Modicell, High Commissioner to South Africa
and the two distinguished presenters, Alexander Carius, co-
founder and managing director of adelphi, international
consultant and adviser on climate change and Dennis Taenzler
head, climate and energy policies at adelphi