June 25, 2024
Renowned for her professional speaking and writing abilities in the international press, journalist Rebecca Theodore is calling on Caribbean leaders to actively invest in Israel technology, in the wake of the recently concluded SIDS 4 international UN conference held on the Caribbean Island of Antigua and Barbuda last month.
Theodore stated, that as plans are initiated to build a climate resilient Caribbean, access to technology and knowledge are key ways to offer innovation and sustainable development to the people of the small island developing states of the Caribbean.
In reiterating her point in an interview with ABS reporters, that new policies are needed to alleviate and build resilience to rising seas, droughts, and extreme rainfall in many of the smaller developing states in the Caribbean, Theodore also went on to say, that experts are needed in the small island developing states to improve and expand existing models of hydro-meteorological stations to improve data collection. This is needed she said, to help scientists to better appraise potential hazards and bearings, and to make their information available to government leaders, so that they can learn to build better resilient infrastructures against the hazards of climate change.
Theodore is among the list of top professional journalists and global speakers and writers promoting investments for sustainable growth and development under the banner of economic diplomacy to establish a technological framework for the lesser developed islands of the Caribbean. This ranges in the fields of cyber security, water sanitation, housing, education, solar farming, and agriculture, using modern methods of Israel expertise and technology.
Theodore is also collaborating with nonprofit organizations and civil society professionals committed to raising awareness in building stronger commitment to partnership and cooperation to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals target of 2030 in the Caribbean. According to the information provided in her ABS interview, Theodore sees optimism as a new path forward using Israel technology to augment the resilience of Caribbean communities from the hostile effects of climate change, food insecurity and the devastating threat of healthcare and education.
By leveraging her public platform of politics, and national security with economic diplomacy, Theodore also hopes to inspire Caribbean leaders to take a proactive stance in multilateral agreements with the Jewish state. As she observes, a disturbing rise in hunger, and the need to achieve food security and improved nutrition has become increasingly apparent in the small developing states of the Caribbean. Therefore, the need to act for climate mitigation, and a positive increase in the state of public health, couple with food security should also be of paramount importance.
Theodore firmly believes that if small island developing stats must commit to its “economic and political will” to implement the 2030 agenda, then investment in Israel technology will help to stabilize the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. Investment in Israel technology will also propel the Caribbean forward to more sustainable and resilient prosperity.
Theodore is an international journalist and syndicated op-ed columnist based in New York, and is the Director of the Caribbean Israel Summit, – an organization that partners with Israel expertise, technology, and investments to bring sustainable development to the Caribbean region.