Press ReleaseCaribbean – A new study has found that Caribbean nations suffered $53.2bn of damage from climate-fuelled disasters between 2000 and 2024. While major climate disasters such as Hurricane Melissa (2025) and Hurricane Beryl (2024) are two such moments that caused major damage, climate advocates say that slow-onset climate impacts are just as harmful as hurricanes and floods. The economic, health and environmental impacts of slow-onset climate disasters are just as devastating as hurricanes, and often receive insufficient recovery or response resources. Amira OdehQuiñones, Senior Organizing Specialist at 350.org Caribbean says:“While much of the focus has been on the climate effects seen this year in the Global North, the Caribbean has been struggling for the past month with some of the worst impacts the region has seen. There have been record level heat waves, dense Saharan dust plumes making air unsafe and historic quantities of sargassum affecting our coasts.