The program has worked with professionals in the built environment, government officers, policy makers, and experts throughout Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. It refined the depiction and understanding of scenarios where flooding produces changes in our vulnerable coastal and flood-prone communities. The way Puerto Rico’s land use development adapts to take advantage of its predominant topographic elevation and geologic attributes will become a reference point for other small island nations. By identifying and addressing extremely significant unmet needs and producing methodologies to tackle them, the Caribbean Center for Rising Seas strategically positioned the Puerto Rico Science Trust to lead the region’s transformation as it builds smart for long lasting benefit and resilience.

About the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust:

The Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust, as described in Public Law 214, is a private nonprofit organization established in 2004 to promote the Island’s participation and job creation in the global knowledge economy by promoting investments and financing for research and development in science and technology. It invests, facilitates, and develops capacities that continually advance Puerto Rico’s economy and the well-being of its citizens through research and development-based enterprises, science and technology, public health, and innovation, aiming for Puerto Rico to be a globally recognized center of innovation. For more information: www.prsciencetrust.org.