Times of the Islands Summer 2022
Presents the "soul of the Turks & Caicos Islands" with in-depth features about local people, culture, history, environment, real estate, businesses, resorts, restaurants and activities.
Presents the "soul of the Turks & Caicos Islands" with in-depth features about local people, culture, history, environment, real estate, businesses, resorts, restaurants and activities.
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Newsletter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Environment & Coastal Resources<br />
Head <strong>of</strong>fice: Church Folly, Grand Turk, tel 649 946 2801 • fax 649 946 1895<br />
• Astwood Street, South Caicos, tel 649 946 3306 • fax 946 3710<br />
• National Environmental Centre, Lower Bight Road, Providenciales<br />
Parks Division, tel 649 941 5122 • fax 649 946 4793<br />
Fisheries Division, tel 649 946 4017 • fax 649 946 4793<br />
email environment@gov.tc or dema.tci@gmail.com • web https://www.gov.tc/decr/<br />
The sea wall in Salt Cay is an example <strong>of</strong> TCI’s material culture and has withstood multiple hurricanes. How will it be affected by climate<br />
change in <strong>the</strong> future?<br />
TITUS DEBOER<br />
Making Climate History<br />
TCI hosts inaugural Climate Change Summit.<br />
By Amy Avenant, Environmental Outreach Coordinator, DECR and<br />
Oshin Whyte, Executive Officer and Environment Policy Lead, Governor’s Office<br />
Climate Change. These two words have gained traction in popular consciousness since <strong>the</strong> release <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
first Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report released in 1988. The IPCC is currently<br />
in its Sixth Assessment cycle where it will prepare three Special Reports, a Methodology Report, and <strong>the</strong><br />
Sixth Assessment Report. What does this have to do with <strong>the</strong> Turks & Caicos <strong>Islands</strong> culture?<br />
<strong>Times</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Islands</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 53
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