climate change
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Caribbean Leaders Sign off on Climate Change Declaration
The document makes a special appeal to the conscience of the world’s richest countries to do their part to help small island developing states. Caribbean heads of state are hoping that the ‘Declaration of Fort de France’ will result in a unified voice to the unique challenges and solutions to climate related issues in their region. The tourism-dependent countries have maintained…
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Redesign climate change architecture to promote development in developing countries: CARICOM Chairman
The region’s challenge associated with the on-going Climate Change negotiations is that even if the goal to limit global warming to 1.5 or 2°C is achieved, the Caribbean will experience severe adverse impacts for which stronger programmes of adaptation would have to be implemented. We most strongly advance the view that in this current situation the global architecture on Climate…
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Caribbean Leaders prepare for major global climate change talks
Heads of Government and organisations from the Caribbean gathered in Martinique Saturday to discuss the impact of climate change on the nations of the region. The Caribbean Climate Change Summit, chaired by French President Francois Hollande, gave the region an opportunity to further advanced its policy position on climate change ahead of the 21st Conference of Parties, also known as COP…
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Haiti’s President among regional Heads for Saturday’s Climate Change Summit
Haiti’s President H.E. Michel Martelly arrives in Martinique to take part in the regional Summit “Caribbean Climate 2015, on Saturday 9 May 2015. The Summit, to be hosted by French President Francois Hollande is expected to attract over 40 heads of state, government and Caribbean organisations to discuss the impact of climate change on the Caribbean. The Summit’s goal is…
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Attitude Change On Environmental Issues Fostered By Youth Ambassadors
Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 08, 2015 (SKNIS): Minister responsible for Education and UNESCO Honourable Shawn Richards has placed the onus of changing society’s attitude toward the care of the environment on the youth. This was noted at the launching ceremony of the UNESCO Youth Ambassadors for Climate Change, on May 08. The minister noted that youth are “best positioned” to take…
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Caribbean entrepreneurs urged to address General Assembly on climate change
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22, CMC -The United Nations is appealing to young entrepreneurs from the Caribbean and other developing countries to address a special High-Level Event on Climate Change in June. The UN said that a global search is underway for a young entrepreneur to address the event set for June 29 and convened by the President of the General Assembly, Sam…
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Task force on climate change meets in Saint Lucia
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Apr 21, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Task Force on Climate Change meets here on Tuesday ahead of the May 9 summit in Martinique to be attended by French President Francois Hollande. The meeting here is being convened by the Belize based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and will be chaired by Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology…
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Martinique to Host Caribbean Conference on Climate Change
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, April 15 2015 – In the context of the World Climate Conference in December in Paris, the French Region Martinique has organised a Caribbean conference on climate change. Serge Letchimy, the President of the Regional Council, said French President Francois Hollande will attend the one-day summit here next month. Letchimy said that the May 9 summit will be…
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In Belize, climate change drives coastal management
BELIZE CITY, Apr 9 2015 (IPS) – A five-year project launched here in Belize City in March seeks to cement a shift in view of climate change and its impact on Belize’s national development. The Belize Marine Conservation and Climate Adaptation Project (MCCAP) has dual goals: putting in place structures to ensure continued protection for marine protected areas, and ensuring that those who…
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‘We have to act now’ – President Obama on energy, climate change
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) President of the United States of America Barack Obama said a key focus of the CARICOM-US Summit would be to discuss issues related to energy. He said the CARICOM Region had some of the highest energy costs in the world and noted that Caribbean countries were particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.…
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