With more than 70 percent of Trinidad and Tobago's population and 81 percent of its economic activity concentrated in coastal areas, recent natural disasters have displaced thousands of people and caused millions of dollars in damage, according to the dual-island nation’s Ministry of Planning and Development.
Faced with this reality, a group of 20 teenagers from the country are training to become citizen reporters to address the threats that climate change poses to their communities.
The organization Cari-Bois Environmental News Network launched the second edition of its Youth Journalism Program on Sept. 21. According to the organization, the initiative seeks to train “a cohort of environmentally aware and climate conscious Gen Z multimedia journalists.”