Topic: sea level rise
2024 was Earth’s hottest year on record — and one of Cayman’s wettest
The year 2024 was the hottest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization, and Cayman followed the upward trend.
Exile to Scotland? Climate report contemplates a future exodus from Cayman
A Noah’s Ark-style project has been proposed to facilitate a modern-day exodus from Cayman in the event of catastrophic flooding caused by climate change.
Rising sea-levels threaten Cayman’s coastline
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.
Sea-level data a ‘wake-up call’ for Cayman’s COP28 delegation
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 2050: ‘We must change how and where we build’
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.
Cayman 2050? How surging seas could redraw the map
Sea-water laps at the southern shore of West Bay island. Waves wash over the sunken remnants of Seven Mile Beach. To the east, a vast wetland stretches from Savannah to Gun Bay. Could this be Grand Cayman in 2050? A chain of multiple tiny islands, separated by shallow waterways carved by surging seas.
Climate change’s biggest threat may be to Cayman’s economy
One of the greatest climate-associated risks facing the islands is the threat that insurers could pull out of Cayman, a global risk specialist has warned.
Column: Don’t let rising seas drown the Marshall Islands
Determined to act before it’s too late, the Marshall Islands are transforming themselves into a real-life laboratory for preparing for the effects of climate change.
