Tourism and agriculture are the sectors most affected by the Climate change in the country.
The statement was made yesterday by the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Armando Paíno Henríquez, Max Puig, Executive Vice President of the National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism and Alexis Cruz, Vice Minister of Economic and Social Analysis of the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development.
Officials participated yesterday in the Annual Meeting of the Euroclima program. This program has allocated more than 3 million euros in the country to strengthen different areas, such as sustainable mobility, water management and circular economy.
The Minister of the Environment said that the impact of climate change is not only because of the erosion of the coasts, but by threats to water sources.
He said that with the increase in heat, pests increase, but there has also been a change in rainfall patterns, so May’s downpours fall in November. He pointed out that there is also threat due to the desertification of territories and water stress. The industry, he said, can be affected by climate change.
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Meanwhile, Cruz considered that the agricultural sector will be more affected by climate change, due to drought and floods.
He explained that the tourism sector would be impacted because climate change affects the country’s beaches.
He stressed that tourism and agriculture are two fundamental sectors of the Dominican economy.
Max Puig said that, in view of the fact that the Dominican Republic is an island country, it is threatened by sea level elevation and is losing costs, which will affect tourism.
He affirmed that climate change affects agriculture, because there is less and less water and is closer to water stress, which is the relationship between the amount of water that is used by people with respect to the amount produced by a source.
He explained that global warming increases the chances of disease transmitting vectors.
Felice ZaccheoHead of the Regional Programs Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean of the European Union, said that the country is going well in the green transition, as it is leader in different sectors.
He announced the implementation of the National Sargasso Management System.
