Barbados, a small island nation within the Carribean region considered is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The country is vulnerable to hurricanes and natural hazards and is particularly susceptible to costal inundation and sea level rise, increasing tidal and storm surge levels, coastal erosion, increasing temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns, cyclones, and droughts among others (World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal).  
 
Barbados has also been noted as a country at the forefront of reforming the world of development finance, particularly how rich countries help poor countries cope with and adapt to climate change, through movements like the Bridgetown Initiative. (World Economic Forum)