TORONTO – Canada says it will deploy an estimated US$97 million through the GAIA Climate Loan Fund, which is designed to provide long-term loans for climate adaptation and mitigation projects across emerging markets and developing economies.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – In honor of World Ocean Month this June, Atlantis Paradise Island is highlighting new milestones from Atlantis Blue Project Foundation  (ABPF), the resort’s nonprofit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to protecting marine species and their habitats. Recent achievements include the ongoing curation of The Bahamas’ first Coral Gene Bank, the arrival of a critically endangered sea turtle following a 2,700-mile rescue, and new guest programming designed to deepen understanding of marine conservation in The Bahamas and beyond.

Kingston, Jamaica -  The GraceKennedy Foundation has announced that its 36th Annual Public Lecture, scheduled for Friday, June 5, 2026  in observance of World Environment Day, will focus on the transformative work of the Kingston Harbour Cleanup Project (KHCP). 

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A newly released report by environmental research organisation Earth Insight is raising concerns that offshore oil and gas exploration in Jamaica’s Walton-Morant block could pose significant risks to some of the country’s most important marine ecosystems.

NASSAU, Bahamas - Prime Minister Philip Davis has told an international climate change conference that for the Bahamas, climate change is not an abstract concept, nor is it distant risk to be modeled for a future generation.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A University of the West Indies (UWI) scientist has named as Barbados,  three new species of microorganisms in decomposing sargassum that he has since described as a “cell factory” with the potential to produce more than 20 novel antibiotics.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The executive director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), Dr. Marc Williams is questioning how will the Caribbean fisheries and aquaculture fare off during the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season which began on Monday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - President Irfaan Ali has welcomed the decision by the United Nations to become a member of the Global Biodiversity Alliance (GBA) saying that it sends a “clear and unmistakable message”, that the protection of biodiversity is now central to the international agenda.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Trump administration on Wednesday reaffirmed what it describes as its commitment to “increasing preparedness and leading the Western Hemisphere” in response to hurricanes and other natural disasters in the Caribbean and other places. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Irfaan Ali and members of his Cabinet have been deployed across the country as heavy rainfall triggers widespread flooding in several regions.

BRASILIA, Brazil – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Tuesday said that record-breaking heat, persistent drought, extreme rainfall and devastating tropical cyclones had impacted communities and economies throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2025.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Tuesday said it is advancing Grenada’s geothermal energy programme launching an expanded drilling campaign at Mount St. Catherine, north of here to determine the viability of commercial power generation.