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Mental health challenges in the Caribbean exceed global averages, yet access to care remains limited.

Higher anxiety. Higher dementia prevalence. Only 3 psychiatrists per 100,000 people.

🎥 Watch the full interview with our associate Dr. Rachael E. Williams:
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Climate change is not only an environmental crisis, but Dr. Rachael Williams also explains why mental well-being must be part of climate action, grounded in data and evidence.

🎥 Full interview: youtu.be/oYCw5Oa6dT8

We are participating as panelists at the
CopernicusLAC Panama Centre Community Building Event 2026.

A timely conversation on Earth Observation, knowledge brokers, and data sovereignty for community resilience.

In the next ITACA Connect, we’ll explore how climate change is affecting mental health and well-being in Caribbean Small Island Developing States, and why this dimension must be part of climate adaptation efforts.
👉 Register here:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4yNAyWX4RVyO-Xzd64KjBA

Climate change affects more than systems — it affects people.

We explore how mental health and climate change intersect in Caribbean SIDS.

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Mental health remains underrepresented in climate research.

We explore key evidence gaps around climate change and mental well-being in Caribbean Small Island Developing States.

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In 2025, we worked across scales from communities and classrooms to national and global spaces.

Our focus was consolidation and delivery: connecting climate science, capacity-building, and community engagement into a coherent approach to climate action.

Mental Health and Climate Change in Caribbean SIDS From extreme weather to slow-onset climate impacts, Caribbean Small Island Developing States face growing mental health challenges. This article explores evidence gaps and pathways for action.

Climate change is also a mental health issue.

In Caribbean SIDS, climate impacts are affecting mental well-being — yet evidence gaps remain.

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#ClimateChange #MentalHealth #Caribbean

The success indicator of a project? It’s not the final report. It’s leaving clear capacities behind so the community doesn't depend on external consultants .

We close the week sharing sustainability lessons from the Gulf of Montijo. 🎥 Watch full video here: youtu.be/M4sIox_TQKI?...

CARICOAST launches this Thu, Dec 4.
We’ll share insights on coastal resilience and community-led adaptation.
Open to practitioners across the Caribbean.
Register here: lnkd.in/eXgs3-UD

Today’s Blue Economy & MPAs Forum in Panama City announces the winning community-based coastal initiatives of PACÍFICO–FFEM.

A diverse Ad Hoc Committee ensured a transparent and technically rigorous evaluation process aligned with sustainability goals.

🌱 Restoring mangroves is not enough. Restoring community agency is transformative.
Join our free ITACA Connect.
🗓️ Nov 26 | ⏰ 5 p.m. Panama
🗣️ Spanish + English captions

🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A regional competition is spotlighting community-led coastal initiatives in the Eastern Tropical Pacific.
ITACA contributed technical insights to support the selection process.

#CommunityProjects #CoastalResilience #BlueEconomy #ITACASolutions

This week @itacasolutions.bsky.social is attending LATSAT in Bogota organized by @novaspaceglobal.bsky.social We look forward to the matchmaking with @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social tomorrow!

Invited to LATSAT 2025, ITACA Solutions brings its experience using Earth Observation analytics for community-based coastal adaptation. This is how we help communities access the right spatial data and elevate their local knowledge in decision-making.

#ITACASolutions

Only 10% of climate finance reaches communities.
The other 90%? Lost in transactions.

It’s time to rethink how we fund resilience. 💭

🎬 Full conversation on YouTube, watch here youtu.be/tLAbASodkJ0?...

#ClimateFinance #ResilienceCycle #ITACAConnect

Books teach climate resilience. Reality tests it. Providencia post-Hurricane Iota was almost unrecognizable — 98% of infrastructure lost, no water, no electricity. 🌪️

Catch the full story on YouTube. youtu.be/tLAbASodkJ0?...

Data is power — but only when it’s used.

At ITACA Connect, Hamlyn Holder shared how faster, smarter data use drives climate preparedness across SIDS.

▶️ Watch the full conversation on YouTube.

#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions #ITACACollective

Your best climate innovators already work for you. 🌍

Insight from Luis Felipe Quintero at ITACA Connect.

🎥 Watch the full conversation on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-cY...

#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions #ITACACollective

Resilience isn’t just surviving the storm — it’s evolving through it.

True resilience starts when belief meets justice and local agency.

🌎 Read more: itaca.solutions/climate-change/if-you-believe-in-climate-resilience/

#ClimateResilience #Adaptation #ITACASolutions

Resilience isn’t about avoiding change; it’s about transforming through it.

Explore how belief becomes action in our latest blog.

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#ClimateResilience #ITACASolutions #ResilientFuture #Adaptation

We all see the changes.
But do we believe we can adapt?
Believing in climate resilience means building it together.

🔗 Read here: bit.ly/47cADDR
#ClimateResilience #ITACASolutions

🌎💰 Climate Finance in Motion
ITACA attended Bogotá’s Climate Finance event and took away 3 key lessons:
1️⃣ Restoration = productive, social, biodiverse
2️⃣ Green banking must fit local realities
3️⃣ Financial innovation scales resilient solutions
#ClimateFinance #GreenBanking #Bioeconomy #Innovation

Sandra McLeish is showing us how women leaders are transforming climate resilience across the Caribbean.

Watch the full session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBGi...

#ITACAConnect #WomenInClimate #ClimateLeadership #HealthResilience #CaribbeanClimate

“Effective climate action requires equity and inclusive governance.” – Chevanev Charles, SIDS policy development leader.

Discover more insights → bit.ly/3VyVxGB

#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions #ITACACollective

🌍 At @ucl.ac.uk #AccountableAdaptation Symposium, ITACA Solutions joined global experts to reflect on the politics of measuring adaptation, its power to both constrain & enable transformation. Measuring adaptation is never neutral. #ClimateAction

🌍 Despite $100B pledged, SIDS accessed just $1.5B in 2019.
Allanson Cruickshank stresses the need for flexible, sustained climate finance that reaches grassroots orgs.
More → bit.ly/46tZBhJ
#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions #ITACACollective

🌎 According to Columbia Climate School & @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social , 8 LAC nations are in the Red Zone, 7 across all scenarios. 100M+ people face a high risk with the least access to climate finance. #ClimateVulnerability #LAC Read more here: bit.ly/45WGfSl

📊 Fragmented climate data limits adaptation in the Caribbean.
Experts Alecia Bennett-Bryan & Hamlyn Holder stress that better monitoring & data-sharing are key.
Read more → bit.ly/3I6soiX
#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions #ITACACollective

Many sustainability directors are, in reality, directors of other areas. – Luis Felipe Quintero 🌱
LAC faces a critical skills gap in climate expertise.
Read how experts are building capacity →
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#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions #ITACACollective