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PRESENTATION BY CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL, DR. CARLA N. BARNETT AT THE PJ PATTERSON INSTITUTE FOR AFRICA-CARIBBEAN ADVOCACY “STRENGTHENING COOPERATION BETWEEN AFRICA AND CARIBBEAN STATES: FACING THE CHALLENGES, CREATING SOLUTIONS”
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The UWI Regional Headquarters (Hybrid), 20 March 2024, Session 1: Climate Change Mitigation Strategies: Opportunities for Africa and the Caribbean. Salutations: Excellencies, Fellow Panelists, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen I thank the Most Honourable P.J. Patterson, ON, OCC, OE, KC, Statesman in Residence, for this initiative which provides an excellent forum for the…
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‘CARICOM Moment of Ambition’ on eve of Paris Agreement’s 5th Anniversary
On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the CARICOM Secretariat and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), in partnership with the UK Government on Friday hosted the CARICOM Moment of Ambition. The event was convened to demonstrate continued Small Island Developing States (SIDS) leadership and ambition and tounderscore the need for immediate…
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Statement by the Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government His Excellency Brigadier David A. Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on the United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
– CARICOM dismayed and disappointed by US withdrawal from Paris Agreement The Paris Agreement on Climate Change was more than just another international agreement on another complex international issue. It reflects the acknowledgment and acceptance that climate change is a global issue requiring global solutions. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is therefore deeply dismayed and disappointed by the decision of the…
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Historic Climate Change Agreement in force from Today – CARICOM Member States signed on
Several CARICOM Member States signed the Paris Agreement when the Book was opened for signature at the United Nations on 22 April 2016 The Paris Agreement on climate change will enter into force today, 4 November 2016, thirty days after the required minimum of States (55) – accounting for 55 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions – ratified…
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Inaction on Climate Change could lead to enormous costs for the Caribbean
Unless bold steps are taken now to eliminate the risks from Climate Change “future generations are in big trouble and for the Caribbean the trouble is massive “. This is the warning given by UWI Professor Emeritus and former Assistant Secretary General for Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Edward Greene, to a large audience at the UWI Distinguished…
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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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Strong regional collaboration credited for CARICOM’s successful Climate Change campaign
CARICOM’s well prepared and experienced team of negotiators, and a focused, unified campaign, helped the Caribbean Community get its red line climate change issues all represented in the final Agreement at the just ended Climate Change conference, COP 21, in Paris, France. And, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has hailed the strong regional collaboration, given the critical importance of climate…
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