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From left, Yuri Chakalall, senior sector specialist of natural disaster and risk management, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Pedro Martel, IDB division chief, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Division; Florencia Attademo-Hirt, IDB country representative for The Bahamas; Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis; Therese Turner-Jones, IDB country representative for Jamaica and general manager, Caribbean Division; Annette Kilmer, senior operations advisor, IDB Climate Change and Sustainable Development Division and Michele Lemay, senior specialist, IDB Climate Change and Sustainability Division.

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No-build zones to prevent disaster

FOLLOWING the devastation left behind by three major hurricanes in three years, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said the government will need to strengthen town-planning regulations and this may include enforcing “no-build” zones.

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