Emphasizing that the Caribbean countries have a high degree of vulnerability occasioned by climate change and climate variability, associated phenomena, such as the rise in sea level, the El Niño phenomenon and the increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters caused by hurricanes, floods and droughts, and that they are also subject to natural disasters, such as those caused by volcanoes, tsunamis and earthquakes,
强调加勒比国家极为脆弱，原因是气候改变和气候多变，由此产生诸如海平面上升、厄尔尼诺等现象，飓风、水灾和旱灾造成的自然灾害日益频繁和严重，而且它们还受到诸如火山、海啸和地震造成的自然灾害的影响，