
For the second edition of the Quarterly Lecture Series, the CBS hosted a Webinar and panel discussion under the theme
Exploring Caribbean Climate Change: Extreme Heat, Sea Level Rise and Air Pollution which showcased some of the science and policy that are driving regional mitigation efforts in these areas. This occurred on Thursday 28
th January 2021 via Zoom.
Three speakers were invited, who addressed extreme heat, rising sea levels and air pollution respectively:
Dr. Cédric J. Van Meerbeeck
Climatologist, The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
Prof. Arthur Paris
Associate Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
Mrs. Tashana Redmond-George
Senior Environmental Officer, Environmental Protection Agency, Guyana
The webinar and panel discussion were moderated by Ms. Christianne Walcott, Operations Manager at the CBS.