MIAMI, FL – Hurricane Sam remains a major storm on Monday as it inched closer towards the northern Leeward Islands, but there are no coastal watches or warnings for countries in the region.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is exploring the possibility of entering the carbon market upon finalization of the Paris Rulebook at the 26^th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow in November.

WASHINGTON, DC – American Forests, the nation’s oldest national conservation organization, last week released its first nationwide tally of Tree Equity Scores (TES), which document that Black and low-income neighborhood have significantly fewer trees than wealthier, whiter communities, even in the same cities.

NEW YORK, New York – Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday called for a renewed global effort in the fight against climate change to meet the goal of the Paris Agreement.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Government has lowered the volcanic alert level from Orange to Yellow, nearly five months after eruption of the La Soufriere volcano.

 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The United States Wednesday announced that it would provide assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean so as to increase significantly renewable energy capacity across the region by 2030.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies (SRC-UWI) says there is no evidence that the Eastern Caribbean is under threat of a tsunami following the eruption of the Volcano Cumbre Vieja in the Canary Islands.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Monday said that students, decision makers, and citizens will soon be able explore the oceans virtually as part of the Knowledge Services subcomponent of the Caribbean Regional Oceanscape Project (CROP).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries will participate in a regional summit on Wednesday in preparation for the November 1-12 global summit on climate change COP26, to be held in Glasgow, Scotland.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, says he remains optimistic that there could still be “a good result” emanating from the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) that gets underway at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow next month.

NASSAU, Bahamas – Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland, has called for urgent action to ensure improved climate resilience of small states and promised to amplify the concerns of small and other vulnerable states around climate change at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow this November.

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – The Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) Friday said it has made a payout of approximately US$2.4 million to the Trinidad and Tobago government following a rainfall event that occurred last month.