vulnerable to climatic events. ithink vulnerable to climatic events. i think we vulnerable to climatic events. i think we need to band together to really see that difference and bridge that gap as it difference and bridge that gap as it relates to mitigation funding. minister, i have a question funding. minister, i have a question to you based on what you said question to you based on what you said. do you think it can be done you said. do you think it can be done with our system being so heavily be done with our system being so heavily damaged at the moment, as it relates to the physical moment, as it relates to the physical space? moment, as it relates to the physical space? absolutely. i think one physical space? absolutely. i think one of i physical space? absolutely. i think one of the i physical space? absolutely. i think one of the things i physical space? absolutely. i think one of the things we i physical space? absolutely. i i think one of the things we have to
agriculture. we are using a lot of products that have been given to us from outside containing significant amounts of disastrous nutrients, nitrogen is, phosphates and chemicals that have penetrated our ground and remain in the ground fora number of our ground and remain in the ground for a number of years. so when we are thinking sustainably, again i make the point, this cannot be ad hoc responses, we have to be able to look at these things and think scientifically, and there are a number of young people who are now thinking so differently about, and the space in relation to agriculture. and we make agriculture. and we make agriculture sexy? i definitely think so. , agriculture sexy? i definitely think so. 3 ., agriculture sexy? i definitely think so. , ., ., ., think so. let s go to our next question- think so. let s go to our next question. roland, i think so. let s go to our next question. roland, youri question. roland, your question? question. roland, your cuestion? ., ., .
question is, given the impact of covid 19 on question is, given the impact of covid 19 on the question is, given the impact of covid 19 on the tourism i of covid 19 on the tourism sector, of covid 19 on the tourism sector, we of covid 19 on the tourism sector, we can t of covid 19 on the tourism sector, we can t only- of covid 19 on the tourism sector, we can t only rely. of covid 19 on the tourism i sector, we can t only rely on tourism sector, we can t only rely on tourism 50 sector, we can t only rely on tourism. so what sector, we can t only rely on tourism. so what other - sector, we can t only rely on tourism. so what other for l tourism. so what other for diversifying tourism. so what other for diversifying our tourism. so what other for diversifying our economy, | tourism. so what other for i diversifying our economy, for example diversifying our economy, for example fortifying i diversifying our economy, for| example fortifying agriculture to make example
the caribbean people because many people do not fully appreciate what is going to be required to do these things sustainably. covid 19, it taught us that we cannot rely on tourism. covid 19 taught us that the old model of tourism will not work in the long term. covid 19 taught us we have to be able to grow our own food, harvest our own fish in the region, we have to have a balanced approach. ashley? thank you balanced approach. ashley? thank you for balanced approach. ashley? thank you for the balanced approach. ashley? thank you for the question i thank you for the question again. thank you for the question again. i thank you for the question again, iagree thank you for the question again, i agree with you, mr minister again, i agree with you, mr minister. we really need to look minister. we really need to look at minister. we really need to look at a minister. we really need to look at a diversification of our look at a diversification of our economies, as it relates
are on the front line of what is happening in the front line of changes in the climate. the reality is for us in the caribbean are hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, many of us in the region are affected by volcanoes. we ll have landslide, tsunamis, storm surges, so there are lots of things happening in the caribbean. we are really on the frontline. and the question askedis frontline. and the question asked is what are we going to do about it, i believe the intensity, the frequency, because it is changing. the reality is first i think we have to accept that things are changing. we have to plan for it. barbados and the caribbean has taken a number of steps in terms of our planning, to be more prepared. one of the worst things we can do as a region is to act as if we are responding, reacting to something we should have seen coming. a lot of these changes we should see coming. firstly as you said, i think the caribbean region has to work together as one. when we speak on the internationa