The Caribbean Community’s Environment and Sustainable Development Programme is anchored in Articles 58 and 65 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. Work in this thematic area focuses on inculcating the sustainable use and management of the Region’s environment and natural resources in its development roadmap. It also supports functional cooperation in multilateral environmental diplomacy, especially in the areas of climate change, biodiversity management and ocean governance.

In a Region made up of small-island and low-lying coastal developing states, building resilience to inherent environment social and economic shocks is promoted through the development of regional public goods such as the Caribbean Community Environment and Natural Resources Policy Framework and the Draft CARICOM Ocean Policy.