Sustainable development
Foreign Policy and Community Relations
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Historic Step taken on Ocean Governance in the Wider Caribbean
As one of the intergovernmental organisation signatories to the OCM MOU, the CARICOM Secretariat, is pleased to be part of this ambitious governance arrangement to advance sustainable use and conservation of shared marine resources in the wider Caribbean. The Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM) for the Wider Caribbean has been officially activated and will commence its activities this year, marking a…
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Concerns over drought in the Region
Drought in parts of the Caribbean during the first half of 2025 is a cause for concern for the Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CDPMN). In its Drought Bulletin for January 2025, the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) – under which the CDPMN operates – advised that short-term drought could affect small rivers, streams and ponds in the northern…
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‘Every storm, every fire, every flood cries out that time is running out’ – Prime Minister Davis
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…
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CARICOM Chair tells Leaders’ Summit: ‘Close the financing gap’
Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Grenada, Hon. Dickon Mitchell, called for the closing of the “significant” financing gap Small Island Developing States face in mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis. He issued the call on Wednesday, 13 November, in his address at the Leaders’ Summit of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on Climate Change…
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