three(3)most pressing regional challenges Caribbean states face nowadays? Explain at least three actions Caribbean states may implement to cope with these challenges.

 

text: the Integrationalist

 

1.Climate change; For many years, it has been known that global sea levels are rising. Other related issues are trends of hurricanes, extreme periods of dryness and those marked by extreme rainfall. The United Nations for many years has been creating awareness on this issues

2.Increased prices of oil; A number of Caribbean countries extract precious minerals and fuel from nature for their economies. But the prices of oil have dropped from above $100 dollars a year a go to around half that price for a barrel of oil. This decline affects the Caribbean directly, as most Caribbean islands consume a significant amount of oil often at very high cost. The incomes of the oil producing states will be affected directly; the resource curse continues. Also some Caribbean islands are dependent on foreign direct investments and tourist arrivals from Russia which at a lower oil price have trouble balancing their budgets.

3.Crime , drugs; With high levels of unemployment and increasing poverty, comes the problem of trafficking. This is a fertile soil for transnational crime and gangs.

To address the issue of climate changes , the government should ensure that pollutions are fully mitigated and also tree planting should be given the first priority. The issue of oil prices, the government should ensure that no imports of oil are accepted in the state and the issue of drugs and crimes, the government should address the issue of unemployment among the youths by creating job opportunities to them.