Building a climate-resilient community among matters for discussion at CARICOM meeting
PORT-AU-PRINCE - The Caribbean Community’s push to build a more climate-resilient community following the devastating 2017 hurricane season is among matters for deliberation by CARICOM Heads of Government at their More...
PAHO Boss: Climate Change could affect health
WASHINGTON - The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned of the effects of climate change on health, as she called for building resilient health systems. Dr Carissa Etienne says climate More...
Small states must insist on rights to climate change compensation
Caribbean small states should be readying themselves for a major joint push to make the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) a landmark occasion More...
Caribbean nations to UN: Extreme weather events leave no doubt climate change is real
NEW YORK - Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Dennis Moses, echoing other senior government officials throughout the General Assembly’s annual general debate, questioned how, after the spate More...
St Lucia PM: “Time is against us” on climate change
CASTRIES -– A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prime minister has reiterated the call for developed countries to assist Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in their quest to combat the effects of climate change. The More...
Southern Cuba loses land to the Caribbean Sea due to climate change
HAVANA - The coasts of the south-central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus are losing some 1.3 meters (4.265 ft) every year as a result of climate change, according to local environmental authorities. As a consequence, More...
CDB grant to build regional capacity for climate forecasting
BRIDGETOWN - The board of directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved €773,000 in grant funding to enhance regional resilience to climate variability and change. The grant will be provided to More...
CTO and CDB to help region’s tourism sector combat impact of climate change
Region's tourism development agency to launch climate smart programme with €460,000 grant from Caribbean Development Bank. BRIDGETOWN - The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has received a €460,000 grant More...
President Trump’s Climate Change stance spells doom for small islands, experts warn
WASHINGTON - Acclaimed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking believes that Donald Trump has taken “the most serious and wrong decision on climate change this world has seen”, and top scientists agree, especially More...
Europe stands by Caribbean on climate funding
BRIDGETOWN - A senior European Union (EU) official in the Caribbean said Europe is ready to continue the global leadership on the fight against climate change, including helping the poor and vulnerable countries More...
