On 17 July 2014, Dame
Pearlette Louisy, Governor-General of Saint
Lucia, came to the University of Bristol to give a keynote talk on the
challenges and strategies on environmental uncertainty from Saint Lucia and the
Caribbean. Her visit marked the start of
a Cabot Institute funded conference at the university, Living at the Sharp End of Environmental Uncertainty, where members of Small
Island States (SIS) came together with academics and stakeholders to thrash out
the problems facing SIS in a world of global environmental uncertainty. This blog post captures some of the key
points from Dame Pearlette’s talk.
Defining environmental uncertainty
Defining ‘environmental uncertainty’ is a tricky prospect. What does the term actually mean? It’s embedded into the Cabot Institute’s strapline of ‘Living with environmental uncertainty’ but it can be hard to define. Dame Pearlette felt there were two principle components to ‘environmental uncertainty’ - a lack of knowledge and a lack of know…
Defining environmental uncertainty
Defining ‘environmental uncertainty’ is a tricky prospect. What does the term actually mean? It’s embedded into the Cabot Institute’s strapline of ‘Living with environmental uncertainty’ but it can be hard to define. Dame Pearlette felt there were two principle components to ‘environmental uncertainty’ - a lack of knowledge and a lack of know…