(CNN) Grenada and other Small Island Developing States are on the front line in the war against climate change. Who can forget Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit's live updates as Hurricane Maria pounded his home in 2017? Hurricane Maria is regarded as one of the worst natural disasters to hit our neighboring islands of the Caribbean. And a 2018 UN report detailing the impact of Irma and Maria showed the ways in which islands suffered after the storms' fury. Affected islands struggled for weeks without electricity and running water, increasing the likelihood for disease.

Source: CNN May 21, 2019 10:41 UTC