Times of the Islands Summer 2022

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The first of these Special Reports, “Global Warming of 1.5ºC (SR15, 2018),” was requested by world governments under the Paris Agreement. It discussed the impacts of global warming of 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. The findings were alarming, especially to small island states such as the Turks & Caicos Islands, who were still reeling from the impacts of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. That unprecedented hurricane season had seen super-storms annihilate whole islands in the Caribbean. The Turks & Caicos Islands however, did not suffer the same consequences. This was not merely by chance. In fact, it was the environmental integrity of our little islands that allowed “David” to battle the extreme “Goliath” that barreled down on us on September 7, 2017. The Turks & Caicos Islands boast a total of 34 protected areas, covering 300 square miles of land and sea, protected since the early 1970s. Marine Protected Areas such as Columbus Landfall National Park, with limited recgreen pages newsletter of the department of environment & coastal resources reational activities, and the protected mangrove forests of the Ramsar site, have ensured ecosystem conservation, biodiversity preservation, and ultimately, a natural environment that has loyally served us against the (literal) rising tide that is Climate Change. Recognising the significance of these ecological services in maintaining environmental, social, and economic sustainability of the Islands, the Ministry for Tourism and the Environment signed the Climate Change Charter at the Turks & Caicos Climate Change Summit on Earth Day, April 22, 2022. Under the theme “Only One Earth: Invest in Our Planet,” the Ministry, through the Department of Environment & Coastal Resources (DECR) engaged with public and private sector stakeholders to draft a comprehensive commitment, the first of its kind in the region. The event’s keynote speaker, Honourable Walter Roban, Bermuda’s Deputy Premier, was so impressed by the document that he requested a copy to inform Bermuda’s own Climate Change policy. Climate Change is without a doubt the defining challenge of our time, and no country is immune to its effects. We are currently in a critical time period in which global BRYAN NAQQI MANCO The mangrove wetlands in North Caicos are not only an important carbon sink, but possess both material and non-material cultural values for the people of the TCI. 54 www.timespub.tc
green pages newsletter of the department of environment & coastal resources The iconic White House in Salt Cay is another example of material culture. Built in the 1800s, it has kept its structural integrity and is a testimony of the fortitude of the people of that time. Going forward, we can examine these structures of the past and build homes that are equally resilient. TITUS DE BOER Times of the Islands Summer 2022 55
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