The Compass takes a look at some of the most pressing issues a development plan - and a co-ordinated package of policies to support it - could help resolve.

Newly published data predicts that the Cayman Islands will lose 32 square kilometres of coastal land due to climate change-induced sea-level rise before the end of the century.

As the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 takes place in Dubai, Connor Childs, Bella Rooney and Rickeem Lashley, representing Cayman, spoke to the Compass about what the sea-level rise data means for the islands' sustainability efforts.

Cayman’s role as a major financial centre gives the territory the chance to play a significant role in changing the planet’s future for the better, according to a sustainable finance expert.

The Compass has outlined some of the core threats Cayman faces from climate change in an in-depth series over the past six weeks. Today we look at what action the island can take to protect itself.

In an in-depth interview, Premier Wayne Panton talks to the Compass about the existential threat the islands face from climate change and his ambitions to set Cayman on a more sustainable path.

A growing body of research suggests that protecting reefs from man-made pressures, particularly overfishing and  pollution, is the best way to ensure their survival in a climate-altered world. Cayman’s expanded marine protected areas are policed by a small team of committed conservation officers. The Compass joined them on patrol.

Eating local seafood is often considered a noble choice and the preferred option of many visitors. But in Cayman’s case, DoE chief conservation officer Mark Orr says environmentally-conscious consumers are better off asking restaurants for seafood that was caught overseas.

Organised criminal gangs represent the biggest current threat to Cayman’s marine life, conservation officers believe.

As surging seas threaten to redraw the map, concern is growing that the islands’ development rush is not adequately contemplating what Cayman’s future could look like in a climate-altered world. Changing how and where we build must be part of the solution, say experts.