Climate change is eroding beaches all over the Caribbean – even though the region contributes a tiny fraction of the emissions heating the planetSupported byAbout this content

Christopher Serju in Kingston, Jamaica

Tue 27 Oct 2020 06.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 27 Oct 2020 12.26 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/27/jamaica-hellshire-beach-climate-change

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Sunbathing mothers keep an anxious eye out for children enjoying horseback rides, as groups of young men engage in energetic games of beach football and cricket. Further along, a boombox blasts as the smell of fresh fish wafts across the shoreline.

For years, this was the scene at the Hellshire Beach in Portmore, St Catherine, on a public holiday or weekend when Jamaicans and visitors alike would flock to one of the island’s most popular beaches. Today, however, parents no longer bring their children. The horses…