COP30’s Melissa Moment: Why Jamaica’s US$6.5 billion funding gap should terrify every Caribbean nation

hurricane melissa caused us$6.5 billion in damage to jamaica, revealing that even innovative mechanisms like the cat bond and ccerrif only covered 3.5% of losses. the article demands cop30 deliver climate justice, grants for adaptation, automatic debt relief, and a us$39 billion sids allocation floor to address this catastrophic inadequacy.