GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Cuba has invited CARICOM to join several projects that can augment the region’s efforts to confront climate change, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat reported Wednesday.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – President Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi says it is important for the CARICOM countries to continue optimizing renewable energy sources and to increase the share of renewable energy in their energy supply.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Officials within the tourism ministry are preparing for the upcoming lionfish tournament from November 18-20.

MONTREAL, Canada – A flagship project aimed at is scaling up ridge-to-reef restoration of unique ecosystems and tapping blue economic growth to help island communities rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic is among 10 ground-breaking efforts from around the globe recognized by the United Nations.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Small Island Developing States (SIDS), in the region have expressed reservations over the overall package of decisions from the recent United Nations Climate Conference (COP27), that concluded in Egypt on November 18.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has revealed plans to relocate families in the east and southeast of the island who were negatively impacted by floods and landslides last weekend.

LUANDA, Angola – Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland, has pledged the support of the 56-member grouping in helping members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) secure the US$100 billion committed by major carbon-emitting nations to combat the worst impacts of climate change.

MIAMI, Florida – A new study suggests that ships may be spreading a deadly coral disease across Florida and the Caribbean.

On the heels of delivering a powerful address at the opening of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt where she called on the global community to act now to curb the impact of the climate crisis, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is heading to the city of Durban where South Africans are waiting with bated breath to welcome the UN Champion of the Earth for Policy Leadership.

OSLO, Norway – Norway has praised Guyana for its “historic milestone”  becoming the first country to get issued carbon credits under the new high-integrity carbon standard Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART).

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt –The United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell Tuesday stressed the importance of curbing global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, saying that it is a goal set by the Paris Agreement but also grounded firmly in science and hard data.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne wants oil and gas giants to pay for damage from climate change through a global carbon tax on their profits.