Dr Lorraine Sobers is a Fulbright Scholar and currently lectures in the Petroleum Studies Unit at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Dr Sobers has a BS in Chemical Engineering and postgraduate degrees, MS and Ph.D., in Petroleum Engineering. She has 20 years’ experience in the energy sector and specializes in geologic CO2 storage. Dr Sobers is a Fellow of the Caribbean Policy Consortium and a Member of the Global Americans High Level Working Group on Climate Change in the Caribbean.