02/27/2024 8:00 am 
University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus The 1st US Caribbean Extreme Heat Summit convened experts to address heat impacts, advocating urgent action in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
We are a multidisciplinary team of universities, agencies, and non-governmental organizations based
out of the Caribbean region seeking to address climate change issues by providing technical scientific knowledge, evaluating needs and co-producing climate adaptation capacities, strategies and actions that build on collectively produced insights and realistic locally grounded scenarios. We are enhancing and expanding partnerships through the development and convening of
stakeholders in Puerto Rico and USVI.