The Climate-smart Caribbean program was developed to generate and deliver region- and sector-specific information on climate change science, observed trends, expected future scenarios, and adaptation…

Two special issues in the journal Climatic Change feature vulnerability assessments of agriculture and forestry across the Nation.

Though vulnerable to earthquakes, tsunamis, and wildfires, the major threat of disaster in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands comes from hurricanes, tropical storms, and drought.

Water quality and scarcity are of great concern across the U.S. Caribbean. In recent years Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have experienced moderate to severe droughts.