EDINBURGH, Scotland – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) have agreed on the urgency for the developed countries to fulfil their pledge of providing US$100 billion a year to help developing countries, including Small Island and low-lying coastal Developing States (SIDS) deal with the impact of climate change.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Dominica government Wednesday said the island is making progress on renewable energy describing the sector as an active base for building resilience in all other sectors.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) Tuesday warned Caribbean countries to be prepared for high flooding and landslides until January next year.

EDINBURGH, Scotland –St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tuesday questioned how long aspirational declarations and diplomatic maneuvering would delay concrete actions to ensure that the planet remains below the 1.5 degrees Celsius.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government says the China Railway Group Limited, which was initially selected to construct the Amaila Falls hydropower project in 2012, has now been granted approval to construct the renewable energy project.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 rocked sections of the Eastern Caribbean on Saturday, at 6:47pm (local time)

LONDON, England (Reuters) – The Central American CARICOM nation of Belize provided a likely ‘blue’ model for conserving some of the world’s most vulnerable marine ecosystems on Friday, swapping a promise to protect the northern Hemisphere’s biggest barrier reef for much-needed debt relief.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados –The Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Working Group has warned that a significant number of shark species is disproportionately threatened.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies (UWI-SRC) Friday said its scientists will continue to operate the Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO) following an interim two-year contract being agreed with the government on the British Overseas Territory.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados –Leaders from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific have expressed their strong support for a proposed ‘Living Lands Charter’ that will spur cooperation among 54 nations to manage land use sustainably, protect the natural world and fight climate change.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Meteorological Office at the Maurice Bishop International Airport has confirmed that Grenada is affected by volcanic ash from the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, which began erupting on September 19.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica says more commitment is required from the international community to achieve environment targets.