Climate Change
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Stakes are high for CARICOM at COP21
“Unless we can get the countries that are the major emitters of green house gases to commit to more ambitious reductions, the Caribbean will be confronted with more extreme storms and hurricanes, more frequent and prolonged droughts, dangerous sea-level rise that will wash away roads, homes, hotels, and ports in every island; greater food insecurity and more acidic oceans that…
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Climate change could cost Caribbean millions annually
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean countries have been warned that if left unchecked, climate-related natural disasters, especially hurricane and drought, could result in losses estimated at US$22 billion annually by 2050. “This means basically that the Caribbean region can be taken back 20-30 years because of the issue of climate change,” said Juan M. Cheaz Pelaez, senior programme coordinator for…
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CARICOM Declaration For Climate Action
We, the Heads of State and Government of CARICOM Member States, at our Thirty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Barbados , from 2-4 July, 2015, Recognizing that climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet and thus requires to be urgently addressed by…
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Focus on SIDS issues: Small Island Developing States need more support
By RuthMoisa Stoute Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has expressed his dissatisfaction with the level of attention being given by international bodies to matters of urgency for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), such as those found within the Caribbean, and is calling for early agreement to unresolved issues that would help such states chart a better path towards sustainable development in…
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ST. KITTS AND NEVIS LAUNCHES GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECT
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 25, 2014 (SKNIS): Public Sector officials on St. Kitts and Nevis assembled at the Ocean Terrace Inn (OTI) conference room on Monday (March 24) for the launch of the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) Project on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in the Eastern Caribbean. Project Technical Team Leader for the Global…
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CARIBBEAN-POLITICS-Regional leaders to meet in St. Vincent next week
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders meet here next week for their inter-sessional summit with Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves confirming that there is “quite a long” agenda for the two-day meeting. Gonsalves, who is also the chairman of the 15-member grouping, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that the March 10-11 summit will discuss the economies…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL (AG) CALLS FOR PLEDGES TO HAITI TO BE HONOURED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “The world’s pledged generosity to Haiti has little value until and unless it translates into improved conditions for the people of that country.” This is the view of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Acting Secretary-General as she received, on Thursday, Letters of Credence from the Plenipotentiary Representative of Italy to CARICOM, His Excellency Paolo Serpi,…
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CLIMATE CHANGE HIGH ON CARICOM SUMMIT AGENDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government meet in Georgetown, Guyana, July 2-5, 2009, matters of importance on the climate change agenda will be among global issues that will engage their attention. CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington told representatives of the regional media Friday 19 June 2009 that the issue of climate…
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FINANCIAL CRISIS, FUEL AND FOOD SECURITY, CLIMATE CHANGE IN FOCUS AT THIRD CARICOM/CUBA SUMMIT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Diplomatic relations spanning 36 years between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba will be consolidated at the Third CARICOM/Cuba Summit, as Caribbean leaders seek to explore and exchange ideas on how to solve critical issues affecting the Region. On December 8, 2008 in Santiago de Cuba, Heads of Government of CARICOM Members States, two…
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