ACP-MEAs
About the ACP MEAs
The programme on capacity building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries resulted from a partnership between the European Commission (EC), the Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Secretariat), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The aim of this Programme is to empower key stakeholders to address environmental challenges and to reap the benefits of improved environmental management at the national and regional levels. Learn more
This project assesses the implementation of key Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), focusing on three biodiversity MEAs (CBD, CITES, CMS) and four chemicals MEAs (Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Minamata). It highlights critical environmental data gaps, identifies data sources, and proposes a monitoring framework for evaluating MEA implementation. Following the adoption of the Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022, this evaluation is timely and crucial for policy development. The report is based on literature reviews and virtual stakeholder consultations and offers recommendations for improving MEA implementation across Caribbean SIDS. Learn more
Teshia JnBaptiste, Project Coordinator - MEAs in ACP Phase III Project discusses Biodiversity
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity will hold a sub-regional dialogue and workshop to discuss national biodiversity strategies and action plans. The event will be held at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana, 15 – 19 April 2024. Representatives of indigenous peoples, youth, non-governmental organisations, regional and international organisations, local communities, and key sectors including agriculture and fisheries will participate in the dialogue and workshop. Teshia JnBaptiste, Project Coordinator – MEAs in ACP Phase III Project, Directorate of Economic Integration, Innovation and Development, CARICOM Secretariat, provides an insight into the event.
Hon. Vickram Bharrat, Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources at the Opening of Biodiversity Workshop
The Hon. Vickram Bharrat, Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources said that Guyana can be used as a model of how to create balance between the extraction of natural resources and the preservation of its biodiversity. The Minister was at the time delivering the feature address at the opening of a sub-regional Biodiversity Dialogue and Workshop that the CARICOM Secretariat and the Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity held at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, from 15-19 April 2024, to discuss national strategies and action plans on biodiversity
Message by the CARICOM Secretariat on the Occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2023
Best Practices on Handling, Storage, Safety of Mercury Added Products
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Publications/ Fact Sheets / Briefs
EU- OACP MEAS PHASE 1, 2 & 3 Publications …
- CARICOM Customs Handbook on MEAs
- CARICOM mainstreaming guidelines
- CARICOM MEA negotiations guidance brief #1 – Intro to MEAs
- CARICOM MEA negotiations guidance brief #2 – preparing for negotiations
- CARICOM MEA negotiations guidance brief #3 – MEA negotiations language
- CARICOM MEA negotiations guidance brief #4 – Negotiations follow-up
- Training Manual on Climate Responsibility and Participation in Carbon Offset Programmes for the Caribbean Hotel Sector (final)
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Press Releases / In the Media
Another CARICOM Member State has ratified the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement). Saint Lucia deposited its Instruments of Ratification on 26 November 2024, joining Belize and Barbados in ratifying the BBNJ that was agreed upon in March 2023 and opened for signature in September 2023. The Treaty will enter into force and become a binding international law when it is ratified by 60 countries.
Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, participated in the Ivan Plus 20 Dialogue that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The event took place on Friday 15 November, in the margins of the Twenty-Ninth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 29). The Dialogue focused on shaping a resilient Caribbean by 2044. Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General (3rd, r) and other Dialogue participants https://vimeo.com/1032023641?turnstile=0.wDBstqqtkyEML3j9MIzu-rkwg5pbjUAW4fHzZofpDKi6gdKYf1KO1z7FjKxxpPEPLItjES2TQWF10dI_M679tP3sxRxiIPCmhS7ceSLWe80uspzb-XV95fxgtzDN8_A6LIfPaN3rrenp1W1nxwdBQKRS404t0JLpkVd7haxCg1XE9NLj2y8TU9T20SwlDMNZcUIPQ71Tn55faJ0dwfgxdsktKxZx2AybKxUlyoKobm9mE_95UOweOkme5CO3MzqoFSmX15AjXOBgAL43nhlJ4b-oC8bYftbFZYkGhUofuyUhpYt-_WG_daptoEb_DuM7hrSC3FusEgRkHOktjAA8BzXd8UAGwtrkn4kDlelupDyoFPke1faRVyJOKoSSh-drdlViBFZmHQJEvirm3Qh7T7uSFibBgBhztGQVV7DgTlCzBEYvNLda3JOW52dbyncgRjdY3Ta-Jkq6LubinOm92UQg1YXsNzzOOip2RgX7R6bZ7itTTNKjkOeXA1fylPP2S-ZeugsdgVH4KJQnroycwA_4TdCRgsZJjUP1N4MsUIW7GLMA3fZsPjHHc4CZ-1jv5dDMiqHlhHCOelsShuw1pRzfDyBpcSExgvcNmJAYwfHW7vZc8iZOHB13YbnlounxZt4SHCZQi9Jz6e7UinVe6A8tVgG-8GSrgk5ImUhQjlpCUPEvdDrxJD8nE9iXzFDMQnHUH8rId9z0jM5IG5W_PiShBWQxDVtj2M5boJ2ZzoU.p74_xlXkzokX06eH6TTayw.c97cec5c13813cda3cb79dbb4b48a2f939ae1c5fee3d9748bd32c4631f37293e
The Hon. Philip Davis, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, has issued a call for the Region’s bilateral and multilateral partners to scale up resources for climate adaptation and loss and damage, and to ensure that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) can access the funds quickly. The Prime Minister was at the time addressing the Leaders’ Summit of the Small Islands Developing States on Climate Change, in Baku, Azerbaijan, 13 November 2024. The Summit was an event of the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 29). In his remarks, Prime Minister Davis reflected on the pattern of disasters that result from climate change and warned that time is running out. “Every storm, every fire, every flood cries out that time is running out and yet some choose to look the other way,” he said Listen to the Prime Minister’s remarks: https://vimeo.com/1029465420?share=copy
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