This paper presents findings from the Recipes for Resilience project, an international, interdisciplinary collaboration between Caribbean and UK scholars of history, geography, anthropology, cultural studies, development studies, ethnobotany, and climate-risk studies, and the research partners, the Caribbean Youth Environment Network. The purpose of the project was to investigate how agrifood heritage may be mobilized in creative ways to engage Caribbean youth in climate action and justice. The project utilized arts and humanities methods, such as storytelling, songwriting, online games, and brief research-led talks, culminating in the co-created song: “Food and Resistance for Climate Resilience”. The results of the project provide evidence that climate action requires arts and humanities methods to appeal to youth, as opposed to purely fact-based or scientific forms of climate communication. We conclude that co-creative methods such as music and storytelling can inspire youth to engage in climate action, in this case through a (re)valuation culinary and agricultural heritage.
This chapter first examines the Caribbean Community and Common Market's (CARICOM) reliance on trade preferences. Sugar exports from CARICOM are intimately affected by three special trade agreements: trade with the EU under the Lomé Convention; trade with the USA under the Caribbean Basin Initiative; and trade with Canada under the Caribbean-Canadian agreement (CABRICAN). Next, the implicit transfers that occur in CARICOM through preferential trade agreements (PTAs) are examined. After developing the implications of preferential trade in CARICOM, the factors affecting sugar production there are examined. Based on this examination, the implications of changes in the existing PTAs for the sugar industry in the Caribbean are discussed. The chapter concludes by considering the significance of sugar within CARICOM's economy and the general implications of the future of its sugar production.
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