PARAMARIBO, Suriname – President Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi says it is important for the CARICOM countries to continue optimizing renewable energy sources and to increase the share of renewable energy in their energy supply.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Officials within the tourism ministry are preparing for the upcoming lionfish tournament from November 18-20.

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - Climate change could significantly worsen long-term economic prospects and exacerbate inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), according to the report Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO) 2022 released here.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Small Island Developing States (SIDS), in the region have expressed reservations over the overall package of decisions from the recent United Nations Climate Conference (COP27), that concluded in Egypt on November 18.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has revealed plans to relocate families in the east and southeast of the island who were negatively impacted by floods and landslides last weekend.

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – Guyana has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the European Union (EU)) on 'Forest Partnership’ which will result in the country receiving an initial five million Euro (One Euro=US$1.29 cents) grant to help with the preservation of its forest.

MIAMI, Florida – A new study suggests that ships may be spreading a deadly coral disease across Florida and the Caribbean.

On the heels of delivering a powerful address at the opening of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt where she called on the global community to act now to curb the impact of the climate crisis, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley is heading to the city of Durban where South Africans are waiting with bated breath to welcome the UN Champion of the Earth for Policy Leadership.

NASSAU, Bahamas – A strengthening Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to become a hurricane on Wednesday as it churns its way towards the northwestern Bahamas with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (MPH).

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt –The United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell Tuesday stressed the importance of curbing global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, saying that it is a goal set by the Paris Agreement but also grounded firmly in science and hard data.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne wants oil and gas giants to pay for damage from climate change through a global carbon tax on their profits.

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt – The latest report from the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), released on Sunday, shows that the last eight years have been the warmest on record, fueled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations.