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CARICOM Heads meet UN SG at COP21
SIDS and UN SG Meet (r-l) CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque; Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Enele Sosene Sopoaga; President of the Marshall Island, Christopher Loeak; President of Kiribati Anote Tong; UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon; CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of Barbados, Freundel Stuart; Lead CARICOM Head of Government on Climate Change and Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Dr. Kenny Anthony;…
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COP21 Opens – CARICOM and World Leaders told Paris must mark Decisive Turning Point
Negotiators from the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are intent on striking a deal to keep the global temperature rise at 1.5 degrees of pre-industrial levels. Across the region over the past several weeks, countries have been rolling out their “1.5 to Stay Alive” Campaign to raise awareness about the effects of climate change, while building momentum for the region’s negotiating position at COP21. Several…
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CARICOM Heads in France to push for Climate Action
CARICOM Heads of Government have joined their global counterparts in Paris, France for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) which runs from today to 11 December 2015. CARICOM negotiators have been working assiduously in several meetings leading up to Paris to emphasize that temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is still inadequate for protecting ecosystems in…
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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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3 ways to support sustainable energy development in Latin America and the Caribbean
What is the importance of having a goal of sustainable development specifically dedicated to energy (SDG 7) as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2016 to 2030? Representatives of the Ministries of Energy of 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean met in Tarija, Bolivia on October 29, 2015 to discuss exactly this issue and to…
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CARICOM Ready for COP21
Saint Lucia will lead the CARICOM delegation to COP 21 in Paris and will make a case for the survival of small island states at the talks. With less than a fortnight left before the 'make or break' climate talks, Saint Lucia's Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony says he is pleased with the country's work towards a CARICOM position on…
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Barbados PM-CARICOM Chair – upcoming Commonwealth and COP21 Meetings important
“Mr. Stuart said the potential outcomes of the Paris discussions would be important to Barbados and the CARICOM region, given the projected adverse effects climate change would have on the countries.” The Prime Minister pointed out that the CARICOM Heads of Government at their meeting earlier this year in Barbados adopted a Declaration for Climate Action, which sets out the…
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CARICOM climate change ministers and negotiators working out COP21 strategy
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Wednesday October 28, 2015 – CARICOM climate change negotiators and ministers began a two-day meeting in St. Lucia today, to revise and improve the region`s negotiating artillery in preparation for the 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). This second meeting of CARICOM ministers responsible for…
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COP21- 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – 30th November to 11th December 2015, in Paris, France
Climate Change has been acknowledged as the most critical challenge currently facing humanity, and indeed the whole planet. The 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11), scheduled for 30th November to 11th December 2015, in Paris, France is a crucial conference. It’s approximately 40,000 delegates need to achieve a…
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Caribbean countries reach agreement on draft document ahead of special UN summit
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) – The United Nations says all of its 193 members, including those in the Caribbean, have reached agreement on the draft outcome document that will constitute the new sustainable development agenda to be adopted by world leaders at the Sustainable Development Summit here in September. It said the countries agreed to an ambitious agenda that features 17…
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