Climate Change

Haiti lies in the Hurricane Corridor, a virtual Caribbean Nursery for nascent tropical storms.  “Although the effects of climate change on hurricanes and cyclones are uncertain, models generally find an increased severity of tropical storms in a warmer climate.” These, more severe tropical storms could contribute to hazards in an already environmentally degraded country leading to increased floods, erosion and destruction of infrastructure, including food sources, both inland and oceanic.  Haiti is possibly the most vulnerable country in the world to global climate change, with a high sea level rise, high population densities, fragile ecosystems, flooding, droughts, hurricanes, earthquakes, and landslides as human contributions to environmental degradation.