climate change
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CDB boosts climate adaptation and capacity building projects
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) increased its capacity-building work in the Region in 2015 focusing on climate adaptation, renewable energy, public sanitation, environmental awareness and sustainability programmes. In this regard, financing was provided to help Haiti improve its population’s access to sanitation services. The Bank is also collaborating with the National Directorate of Water Supply and Sanitation (DINEPA), the agency…
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CARICOM bloc signs and 5 member states ratify historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Fourteen CARICOM nations, with only the exclusion of Montserrat, a British overseas territory, have joined 160 countries and the European Union in signing the historic Paris Agreement on Friday, April 22, according to a listing of the signing ceremony published by the United Nations. The participation of 175 signatories far exceeded the historical record for first-day signatures to an international agreement,…
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Region continues climate change planning
The Caribbean Community continues to plan the way forward following the recent signing of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. Member agencies of the Regional Coordinating Committee on Climate Change (RCCC) met in St. Lucia 27-28 April, to review the progress made in the implementation of the region’s climate change plan and discuss the way forward. The Committee, mandated by CARICOM…
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CARICOM wants equitable financing platform for climate change action – CARICOM Chairman
UN Live United Nations Web TV – Dean Barrow (Belize – on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)), High-level Signature Ceremony for the Paris Agreement, National Statements Remarks by Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Belize, at the National Statements of the High-level Signature Ceremony for the Paris Agreement at UN Headquarters, New York, Friday 22…
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UN chief seeks fast-paced ratifications for climate change treaty
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Wednesday April 20, 2016, IPS – Over 150 countries, including Caribbean nations, are expected to sign the Paris climate change agreement on Friday, but the historic treaty will not come into force until it has been ratified by 55 countries. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has hailed the agreement as “a landmark of international…
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Caribbean journalists gain insight into ways to report climate forecasting
Thirteen journalists from across the region gathered for a one-day workshop in Barbados, as part of an international initiative sponsored by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), to show how climate forecasting services are being used to boost business and economic opportunities in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The workshop attempted to help the media personnel better interpret the jargon behind…
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CARICOM reiterates commitment to implementation of COP 21 Agreement
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have agreed to maintain the diplomatic engagement at international levels in support of the 1.5°C goal coming out of the COP 21 Agreement signed in Paris, France, last year. Prime Minister of Belize and Chairman of the Community, the Hon Dean Barrow, referred to the commitment while speaking about climate change during the closing press conference…
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Reducing non-communicable disease in SIDS through climate preservation
Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease account for some 7 out of every 10 deaths in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) including those of the Caribbean. This results in the expenditure of approximately 60% of health budgets in nearly all Caribbean countries. While it is easy to assume that the most common…
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After successful COP 21 CARICOM Climate Change Ministers hold review meeting
Ahead of next week’s CARICOM Heads of Government Inter-sessional Meeting in Belize, Ministers responsible for Climate Change are holding a two-day review of the ground breaking COP 21 Meeting in Paris and assessing the opportunities for the Region. The meeting, convened by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, wraps up in Belize City today. The purpose of the meeting is…
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Climate Change Has Saved the Planet. For Now. – A Brief History of Global Warming
Warm temperatures across North America last month had some bemoaning bare slopes and a brown Christmas. Shouldn't it be colder, many asked? In truth, much. Climate scientists have been asking the same thing for a significantly longer period of time. The whole planet should be colder—and not just because humans have spun up the planetary thermostat over the past 150 years. On time scales of tens…
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