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For years, people living in the eastern Caribbean have not had reliable supplies of fresh water: Their homes might go for months without running showers or flushing toilets, let alone potable fresh water on tap.<\/p>\n

The region suffers from a severe and worsening water crisis, and this year is breaking records. In May, the government of Saint Lucia declared a\u00a0water emergency<\/a>\u00a0for the island\u2019s approximately 180,000 residents. In a\u00a0Facebook post<\/a>\u00a0in early June, Prime Minister Allen Chastanet raised the alarm that the country is \u201ccurrently experiencing drought conditions said to be the worst in more than 50 years.\u201d The island\u2019s sole reservoir is at \u201calarmingly low water levels,\u201d Chastanet said, owing to lower than average rainfall made worse by heavy siltation that has reduced the reservoir\u2019s capacity by \u201ca whopping 30%.\u201d<\/p>

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Although they contribute far less than 1% of the world\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions, eastern Caribbean islands are among the first to experience the most destructive impacts of climate change.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

Although they contribute\u00a0far less than 1%<\/a>\u00a0of the world\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions, small island nations like the ones that make up the\u00a0Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States<\/a>\u00a0are among the first to experience the most destructive impacts of climate change: sea level rise, increased storm activity, and coastal erosion. One of the inevitable casualties is water supply.<\/p>

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\u201cWe are already seeing it. It\u2019s like we do not actually have a rainy season in the Caribbean,\u201d said\u00a0Judith Gobin<\/a>, a marine biologist at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago. Climate change has\u00a0shifted the hydrological cycle in the region<\/a>, with more intense rainfall and longer dry spells.<\/p>\n

Venantius Descartes<\/a>, senior meteorologist at Saint Lucia Meteorological Services, said that paradoxically, increases in storms and hurricanes as a result of climate change have exacerbated the island\u2019s water shortage. As bigger storms bring more water, they destroy infrastructure and lead to contamination, affecting the distribution and quality of the water supply in the region.<\/p>

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The hurricane season this year has already seen\u00a0two named storms in June<\/a>, the first month of the Caribbean hurricane season. That\u2019s \u201ctoo soon,\u201d according to\u00a0Dale Destin<\/a>, a climatologist and director of the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services. The phenomenon has happened only four times since 1886.<\/p>\n

Missing Water<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tamisha Daniel, a resident of Bois Patat, Saint Lucia, fears that the current water shortage may become worse. At times when there is \u201cnot a drop of water in the house,\u201d taking care of her newborn son can feel daunting, said the mother of two. \u201cWhen to bathe him and to wash his clothes, it\u2019s a bit of a challenge because we do not have the water, and to make it worse, it\u2019s not raining. So you can\u2019t collect water\u2026and it\u2019s so hot!\u201d Daniel considers herself lucky, as a neighboring community, Odlum City, has not seen pipe-borne water for over 2 months.<\/p>

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Cleon Athill is vice president of\u00a0The Movement<\/a>, an environmental organization that works toward good governance on the island of Antigua, which has a population of over 80,000.<\/p>

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\u201cWe see our dams and wells drying up, and our drought periods are getting longer and drier.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

\u201cWe see our dams and wells drying up, and our drought periods are getting longer and drier,\u201d Athill said. \u201cFarmers suffer the most, they depend on piped water, but this is inadequate and inconsistent. Many residents must haul or buy water, which can be a burden for deprived communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The water company that supplies Saint Lucia, for example, relies on the reservoir and river flows, but those flows have been unreliable. Storms might muddy the waters enough that even after treatment the taps deliver sediment-laden water. The company rations water at times, leading residents to seek out friends and acquaintances in other neighborhoods with running taps or to collect untreated water from rivers and waterfalls.<\/p>\n

Small island nations throughout the eastern Caribbean are experiencing a similar plight. Tourism dependent, most of the large hotels and resorts that cater to foreign visitors are owned by foreign companies that treat wastewater on site for reuse as nonpotable water and can maintain water tanks filled with tap water. Meanwhile, most local communities do not have the space or funding for large water storage tanks, which can hold enough for months.<\/p>\n

Previous drought has led to such measures as charging farmers for extracting water from certain rivers in Trinidad and Tobago and asking residents in Barbados to adopt voluntary conservation methods. Rain-fed agriculture in these island nations means that drought can lead to food insecurity, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations warned in\u00a0a 2016 report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Too Little, Too Late?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Signatories of the\u00a0Paris Agreement<\/a>, which came into force in 2016 and builds on years of negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, agreed to keep the increase in global average temperature to below 2\u2103, instead of a far more ambitious target of 1.5\u2103, as requested by small island developing states (SIDS). A long-term global temperature increase\u00a0above 1.5\u2103<\/a>\u00a0would be disastrous to SIDS and the eastern Caribbean, contributing to sea level rise, coastal erosion, and loss of habitats.<\/p>\n

At the heart of the Paris Agreement is the\u00a0Green Climate Fund<\/a>, intended to help the eastern Caribbean region and other SIDS by providing billions of dollars for climate adaptation projects. The\u00a0initial resource mobilization<\/a>\u00a0of $10.3 billion fell to\u00a0$9.8 billion<\/a>\u00a0after the United States withdrew $2 billion of the $3 billion that was initially pledged.<\/p>\n

Islands in the eastern Caribbean have\u00a0received funding from other sources<\/a>, said Gobin, who participated in past projects focused on\u00a0coastal livelihood strategies<\/a>. However, she contends the money is not properly spent, with funding going toward administration and foreign consultants, instead of to the technical aspects of local projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat comes out of this is a lovely report that describes situations. But it lacks that practical aspect for a clean supply of water,\u201d Gobin said. She called for a reexamination of this approach.<\/p>\n

Cardinal Warde<\/a>, a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a scientific adviser to the government of Barbados, agreed. \u201cI believe that people in poor communities have reason to believe not much is going to happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The Paris Agreement is \u201ctoo little, too late,\u201d said Destin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

\u201cEven if there is funding from the Green Climate Fund to deal with adaptation and mitigation,\u201d said\u00a0Eden Charles<\/a>, a former United Nations ambassador who was the lead negotiator for Trinidad and Tobago for the Paris Agreement, \u201cthat doesn\u2019t trickle down sufficiently to deal with the plight of the rural poor\u2014the farmers, artisans, and workers\u2014and doesn\u2019t deal with whether the fisherman is being impacted and whether there is a greater impact of coastal erosion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Charles also noted that the Paris Agreement is based on voluntary commitments: \u201cIf there is a breach, there is no recourse; if it was legally binding, there would be,\u201d he said. One of the largest signatories of the agreement, the United States, has decided to withdraw, a decision that will become effective this November.<\/p>\n

The Paris Agreement is \u201ctoo little, too late,\u201d said Destin. \u201cThe forecast is for us to get drier in the future [in the eastern Caribbean]. We have missed or [are] about to miss the point of return. We are pretty much at the point where we cannot do enough to prevent hazardous climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Sarah Peter (@SarahPeter3<\/a>), Science Writer<\/p>\n

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