Climate Resilience Execution Agency of Dominica (CREAD) Following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria, the Government committed to establish an executive agency, the Climate Resilience Execution Agency of Dominica (CREAD) that will facilitate the implementation of projects as part of rebuilding Dominica as the first climate resilient nation in the world. According to the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) undertaken by Government in collaboration with the international development agencies, Hurricane Maria caused damage and loss of 226% of GDP. The warming of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea means that this size of disaster could be of increasing frequency and is hence uninsurable. Consequently, Dominica has no choice but to rebuild Dominica as a climate resilient nation and 'Build Back Better' the damage wrought by Maria. The scale of the recovery and rebuilding task is immense, estimated by the PDNA at 230% of GDP. Full and national climate resiliency will cost even more. We have concluded, like other countries in a similar situation that we need a dedicated agency to lead the recovery. This specialized agency will focus not just on the physical reconstruction but also on establishing climate resilient systems, for example, in the energy, food production and transport sectors. In his address at the CARICOM-UNDP Conference in New York on 21st November, 2017, the Prime minister set out the main parameters of CREAD: "The unprecedented challenge we face has led us to take the unprecedented decision to build an execution agency outside of our standard public service systems. We are calling it CREAD- Climate Resilience Execution Agency of Dominica. The mission of the agency will be to coordinate all reconstruction work to avoid duplication, maximize economies of scale, spot and fill critical gaps, avoid