3 • Continued from previous page The schematic is only indicative but it suggests many areas in which it is imperative that the Ministry of Finance becomes more active and involved in resilience building. The planning must be done ahead of time not after a storm impact. In CARICAD’s Model Hurricane Recovery Guide (2019 ). We stated: The vulnerability of CARICAD members states to natural hazards in general and hurricanes and tropical storms in particular, means that the planning environment across all sectors and all levels will be subject to the reality of the constant annual threat of storms and hurricanes. Additionally, there is a growing scientific consensus that Climate Change will result in stronger storms and hurricanes. In many ways, the 2017 hurricane season was unprecedented and may well be a manifestation of the forecast about stronger storms. CARICAD member states are all developing states. Many of them are Small Island Developing States. This means that resources and capacity are limited by small sizes and small populations. That backdrop makes the case that Ministries of Finance must be embraced and be more directly included in Disaster Management. CARICAD and CDEMA as strategic partners are ready to work with Ministries of Finance in member/participating states to help make our Region more Resilient and less vulnerable to storms and hurricanes. Let me commend our “little but tallawah” team at CARICAD for producing this fourth special hurricane edition of our newsletter. It is a praiseworthy achievement. You have shown that CARICAD not only talks the talk, but we also walk the walk. I am pleased to commend this special edition to the attention of all. I pray we will all survive the perils of storms and hurricanes this 2023 season.
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