Climate—The Most Important Natural Resource? The Dominican Republic is a country that relies heavily on its climate year after year. One of the largest revenue producers in the country is tourism. In order for tourism to flourish and bring that large portion of revenue for the country, a nice predictable tropical climate is a must. Hiccups in the forecasted climate models, such as hurricanes and abnormal amounts of rainfall, cannot only lead to infrastructure devastation but also to the slowing of economic growth.
Natural Disasters The most prevalent and worrisome natural disasters that the locals and tourist experience year after year in the Dominican are earthquakes and tropical storms or hurricanes. According to the 2017 INFORM-Index …show more content…
Today, the Dominican Republic places much more emphasis on the changes in climate that many countries across the world are experiencing. Many organizations have targeted the country to make sure they are aware of the effects climate change could have on its citizens and how its actions contributed to climate change overall. The government is starting to take larger steps in educating its citizens of climate change and most notably by implementing new educational programs in public schools around the …show more content…
Dominican Republic resident, and representative of 350.org, Vanessa Dalmau, said, “art can convey the “urgency of our situation in a different way than the science”” that is why she dove underwater to try and help stop the rising sea levels that could threaten her home in the Dominican Republic. As a result of the conference 140 countries pledged to reduce they carbon emissions, or at least limit their growth, by 2020 (2010, p. 1). The unification of the countries represented a new era of compliance in the very controversial field of climate change. New lessons to be learned. At the end of 2015, the Dominican Republic adopted new learning strategies that would alter pre-existing lesson plans to better educate students about climate change and how it affects not only the world they live in but also the country they call home. The Dominican was awarded a program called UN CC: Learn (TendersInfo, 2015). This program provided $30,000 that leveraged $1 million dollars of the national budget (p.1). This budget was to support the implementation of climate change education methods in primary
Natural Disasters The most prevalent and worrisome natural disasters that the locals and tourist experience year after year in the Dominican are earthquakes and tropical storms or hurricanes. According to the 2017 INFORM-Index …show more content…
Today, the Dominican Republic places much more emphasis on the changes in climate that many countries across the world are experiencing. Many organizations have targeted the country to make sure they are aware of the effects climate change could have on its citizens and how its actions contributed to climate change overall. The government is starting to take larger steps in educating its citizens of climate change and most notably by implementing new educational programs in public schools around the …show more content…
Dominican Republic resident, and representative of 350.org, Vanessa Dalmau, said, “art can convey the “urgency of our situation in a different way than the science”” that is why she dove underwater to try and help stop the rising sea levels that could threaten her home in the Dominican Republic. As a result of the conference 140 countries pledged to reduce they carbon emissions, or at least limit their growth, by 2020 (2010, p. 1). The unification of the countries represented a new era of compliance in the very controversial field of climate change. New lessons to be learned. At the end of 2015, the Dominican Republic adopted new learning strategies that would alter pre-existing lesson plans to better educate students about climate change and how it affects not only the world they live in but also the country they call home. The Dominican was awarded a program called UN CC: Learn (TendersInfo, 2015). This program provided $30,000 that leveraged $1 million dollars of the national budget (p.1). This budget was to support the implementation of climate change education methods in primary