BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize is to benefit from a BDZ$1.6 million (One Belize dollar=US$0.49 cents) grant being made able through the Green Climate Fund (GCF) as it prepares for a new program being developed by the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada is implementing a new strategy to deal with the croton scale disease that is affecting several fruit trees causing them to die and produce fewer fruits.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –Government says it is partnering with the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) to boost cultivation of the castor oil plant to produce biodiesel for the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC).

ROME, Italy – Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are to benefit from projects aimed at addressing land degradation, biodiversity and sustainability of marine resources, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Scientists attached to the UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) have ended their tour of duty in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) says it is monitoring the water levels at the Boiling Lake here after they “have changed significantly in recent days”.

NEW YORK, New York - A top Caribbean prime minister who just led her country to Republic status, has been named a UN 2021 Champion of the Earth.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says the potential for floods and cascading hazards should be moderate to high in the Caribbean during the three-month period December to February next year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Cartagena Convention Secretariat and the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) say they have developed a document designed to help regional partners make informed decisions about coral disease monitoring and response to the newly identified Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD).

On Sunday, the Environmental Protection Agency in Guyana(EPA) said it was investigating claims of an offshore oil spill in Guyana.

ST. JOHN’S,  Antigua – An insurance scheme being facilitated by the Department of Environment (DoE) will be making funds available to farmers who have encountered major losses over the years due to natural disasters and other unplanned events.

LA PAZ, Bolivia – Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday urged gas exporting countries to “carry the conversation of the need, the necessity of gas “into the future amid global climate change concerns.