The rain started again
The 2008 Christmas flood in Trinidad was my first direct experience of the climate crisis. In the aftermath, I started to become attuned to what was happening with our climate systems.
Edited by: Monique Roffey
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The rain started again
Monique Roffey
"The 2008 Christmas flood in Trinidad was my first direct experience of the climate crisis. In the aftermath, I started to become attuned to what was happening with our climate systems."
Monique Roffey on the 2008 Christmas flood in Trinidad, her first direct experience of the climate catastrophe.
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