About Gardi Sugdub Island:
- It is a tiny island in the Caribbean Sea and a part of the San Blas archipelago, which comprises 365 islands, mostly uninhabited.
- It is home to 1,200 indigenous Guna people, who will soon be displaced to the mainland because of the sea level rise induced by climate change.
- The further movement of inhabitants from the surrounding islands is foreseen to be necessary by 2050.
- The Latin American nation is set to become the first to evacuate an entire island community due to climate change.
- Panama is situated in the Caribbean, where sea level rise currently averages around 3 to 4 millimetres per year
Key facts about the Caribbean Sea
- It is the Atlantic Ocean’s 2nd largest marginal sea that is geographically positioned between the continents of North and South America in the Western Hemisphere.
- It is bordered by the countries of Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela in the south; by Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula in the west; by the Greater Antilles islands in the north; and by the Lesser Antilles islands in the east.
- The Caribbean Sea is connected with the Gulf of Mexico in the north via the Yucatan Channel.
