ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada government has begun an assessment of the damage caused by heavy rains associated with a shearline that affected mainly the northern and portions of the western and eastern parishes on Tuesday.

BELMOPAN, Belize –  The Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) says it is involved in a new initiative to produce Sargassum-derived liquid fertilizers or plant growth promoters for the region.

DUBAI – Dominica has signed an agreement with the US-based Ormat Technologies Inc and its subsidiaries for the development of a 10megawatt (MW)  geothermal plant on the island.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados will become the first Caribbean country to benefit from deep sea research that could bring solutions to Sargassum inundation challenges by sinking the seaweed to the bottom of the ocean floor.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook (CariCOF) says over the next three months, the cool season will feature more comfortable temperatures and humidity.

DUBAI – The 56-member Commonwealth has launched a new implementation framework it says will facilitate coordinated action among member countries on land, biodiversity and climate challenges, directly impacting a quarter of the world’s land area.

DUBAI – Trinidad and Tobago is the lone CARICOM country that has so far signed on to a certification system for clean and low-carbon hydrogen production in the region.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize's government says it has secured access of up to BZ$122 million (One Belize dollar=US$0.49 cents) to support in-country climate adaptation and resiliency building measures.

DUBAI – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched “One Caribbean”, a new regional initiative aimed at promoting the sustainable development of the Caribbean, “with a sharpened focus on high-impact initiatives”.

DUBAI – A report published by the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat and by YOUNGO, the children and youth constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), says young people, who are among those most at risk to the impacts of climate change, are not accessing the funds they need to tackle the challenges posed by global warming.

DUBAI – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has released a report that stresses the climate financing needs for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the region’s fight against global warming.

DUBAI – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed an agreement with the Barbados government that will harness private sector capital and expertise to develop the country’s first utility-scale onshore wind farm, marking a significant leap towards increasing sustainable energy in the Caribbean.