KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on the advice of scientists from the Seismic Research Centre, University of the West Indies, lowered the volcanic alert level at La Soufriere from yellow to green, effective Wednesday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados’ early warning capacity and its ability to alert the public about impending hazards has been significantly enhanced with the installation of a new radar system to the tune of approximately BDS$3.5 million (US$1.75 million) that will be ready in time for the July start of the Atlantic hurricane season.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is budgeting J$60 million (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) for activities under the Adaptation Program and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) project, designed to help the island adjust more easily to climate change.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in the interior of this Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country, affecting thousands of people, disaster officials have said.

UNITED NATIONS – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are maintaining their position of wanting more inclusive and participatory governance structures for ocean management under the new instrument, as negotiation resumed at the United Nations on an international legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Five countries in the Eastern Caribbean have received US$2 million each in the battle against the Sargassum seaweed.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaicans will soon be held financially responsible for correcting activities that pollute the environment under the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus says it intends to plant 2, 300 trees as part of the National Tree Planting Initiative.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Barbados on Tuesday made a plea for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to create a global brand in resilience building and planning, renewables and sustainability as it renewed calls for global moral leadership in dealing with issues of climate change.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana and the European Union (EU) on Thursday, agreed on a detailed roadmap for implementing the Guyana-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), which aims to improve forest governance and verify the trade in legal timber.

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands – The British Virgin Islands will host a three-day regional workshop and scientific symposium on mangrove restoration as a nature-based solution for climate resilience in the Caribbean.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders, has called for a more comprehensive international legal framework for dealing with liability for oil spills and ecological damage.