Beyond Loss and Damage: Why Should the Caribbean Pay Twice?

Caribbean SIDS contribute less than 0.1% of historical global emissions, yet face some of the world’s highest levels of climate vulnerability and recurring climate-related losses. This raises a critical question: Why should the Caribbean continue to pay for a crisis it did not create?

In this featured segment from CPDC’s webinar, Mr. Jwala Rambarran explores the urgent case for moving beyond loss and damage toward a more ambitious and justice-centred framework for climate reparations. His presentation examines how Caribbean Small Island Developing States can advance and operationalize demands for accountability, redistribution, debt cancellation, technology transfer, and structural transformation.

The discussion situates the Caribbean’s climate vulnerability within a longer history of colonial extraction, unequal exchange, and debt dependency.