UNITED NATIONS – Caribbean nations continue to grapple with deep inequalities and rising climate risks, according to the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025 released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The Ministry of Trade has commenced stakeholder consultation that will lead to a possible ban on certain chemicals that are used in many popular sun-screen lotions. 

PARAMARIBO, Suriname - Suriname is seeking to become the first country in the world to issue Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs), a new mechanism within the Paris Climate Agreement, similar to carbon credits and is looking to the German-based Deutsche Bank for assistance.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has reaffirmed its commitment to ratifying the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol of the Cartagena Convention, saying it requires one final step, which is the amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The center of Tropical Storm Jerry is expected to pass north of the Leeward Islands this morning and then move away from the islands later on Friday, with residents in those islands being warned to be prepared for flash flooding.

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government has discontinued the tropical storm warning for all of the Central Bahamas and for portions of the northwestern Bahamas, as Tropical Storm Imelda, which is expected to become a hurricane on Tuesday is expected to move across the northwestern Bahamas on Monday.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – The Jamaica-based United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Multi Country Office has announced a strategic collaboration with the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI)that will enhance the Caribbean representation and expand youth engagement opportunities on climate action.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica will host a four-day biennial summit that will address mounting environmental pressures on the Caribbean Sea and set the strategic direction for regional marine conservation efforts.

NASSAU, Bahamas – For the 40th year, Blue Lagoon Island’s Project B.E.A.C.H. (Bahamas Education of Animals and Conservation of Habitat) united hundreds of volunteers for the International Coastal Cleanup, tackling marine debris at Yamacraw Beach and safeguarding The Bahamas’ eastern shoreline.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Well-known underwater photographer and conservationist Courtney Platt is appealing to the community and visitors to stop eating fish caught on local reefs, especially the rapidly disappearing parrot fish.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Residents in the northern Leeward Islands were on Tuesday being urged to monitor the passage of tropical storm Jerry, the 10th named storm of this year’s Atlantic Hurricane season that could become a hurricane by the end of this week.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A UK-based ocean farming company is providing the technology to transform the Caribbean’s sargassum seaweed problem into a sustainable business.