BRADES, Montserrat – Montserrat has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative to craft its first-ever National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), which is being described as a critical policy tool for countries that are parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados based Caribbean Development Bank has approved a loan of US$ 34.8 million loan to the Geothermal Power Company of Dominica (GPC) to fund the construction of a 10-megawatt (MW) geothermal power plant. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, Tuesday said that climate change poses an acute threat to the Caribbean and that the costs for resilience building in the region is estimated at a staggering US$100 billion over the next two decades.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – A solar-powered water treatment plant has been commissioned in Port Mourant, Berbice, with officials indicating that the project signifies a significant step towards climate resilience in the region by integrating renewable energy into critical water infrastructure.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada's government has welcomed a commitment by the British government to spend £10 million to support the country’s goal of climate resilient and sustainable electricity generation.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley Tuesday urged Caribbean countries to work towards cooperating more so as to achieve energy transition in the region.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana –  The former Minister for Public Service, Information, Broadcasting, Sustainable Development, Energy, and Science and Technology in Saint Lucia, Dr. James Fletcher, has been appointed to the post of CARICOM Climate Envoy with effect from  January 1,  2025.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is being represented at the 16th Session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 16) that is focusing on critical issues such as land degradation and drought, intending to reach a consensus on strategies to alleviate national, regional, and global challenges and achieve a sustainable future.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Barbados has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the island’s “serene” beauty stands to be obliterated, “if we do not cease forms of global conduct which will leave our island uninsurable, uninvestable and, ultimately, uninhabitable”.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Severe rainfall over the past 72 hours has devastated sections of Haiti, resulting in 13 deaths, 15 injuries, one missing person, and significant property damage.

GENEVA – Barbados has joined an international initiative adopting a climate action plan that is being undertaken under the guidance of ‘2050 Today – United for Zero Emissions’ initiative.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves says he hopes Cuba can provide at least 15 construction workers to help rebuild homes and other buildings damaged by Hurricane Beryl on July 1.