climate financing
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CARICOM identifies COP29 Ministerial Champions
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has identified Ministerial Champions for key negotiation areas during the Twenty-Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which began 11 November in Baku, Azerbaijan. At COP29, CARICOM Member States will advocate for urgent climate action and robust financial commitments to address the unique vulnerabilities…
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CARICOM, Argentina Foreign Ministers meet during OAS General Assembly
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers met with Her Excellency Diana Mondino, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic in the margins of the Organisation of American States (OAS) General Assembly taking place in Asunción, Paraguay, from 26-28 June 2024. Discussions during the encounter addressed global, hemispheric, and bilateral…
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Dominica assumes the chair of CARICOM’s Foreign Ministers Council
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Dominica has assumed the chairmanship of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), receiving the baton from Jamaica at the 27th Meeting of COFCOR in Roseau, Dominica. Ministers of Foreign Affairs met from 23-24 May over a packed agenda covering bilateral, multilateral, hemispheric, and intra-CARICOM relations; climate change; candidatures; and border…
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CARICOM ‘heartened’ by UN’s call for climate financing
LIMA, Peru (CMC) — The 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) says it is “heartened” by the call of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for development finance to be linked to funding for climate change adaptation and mitigation. “Investments in addressing climate change will propel gains in broader development goals. Conversely, investments made in development must be aligned with our climate…
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