On Sunday, the Environmental Protection Agency in Guyana(EPA) said it was investigating claims of an offshore oil spill in Guyana.

ST. JOHN’S,  Antigua – An insurance scheme being facilitated by the Department of Environment (DoE) will be making funds available to farmers who have encountered major losses over the years due to natural disasters and other unplanned events.

LA PAZ, Bolivia – Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday urged gas exporting countries to “carry the conversation of the need, the necessity of gas “into the future amid global climate change concerns.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada is implementing a new strategy to deal with the croton scale disease that is affecting several fruit trees causing them to die and produce fewer fruits.

KINGSTON, Jamaica –Government says it is partnering with the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) to boost cultivation of the castor oil plant to produce biodiesel for the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC).

LONDON, England - Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Caricom chairman Gaston Browne is among small island states dissatisfied the fund they had called for had not been created as the COP26 wrapped up this weekend.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Scientists attached to the UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) have ended their tour of duty in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) says it is monitoring the water levels at the Boiling Lake here after they “have changed significantly in recent days”.

EDINBURGH, Scotland – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) have agreed on the urgency for the developed countries to fulfil their pledge of providing US$100 billion a year to help developing countries, including Small Island and low-lying coastal Developing States (SIDS) deal with the impact of climate change.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says the potential for floods and cascading hazards should be moderate to high in the Caribbean during the three-month period December to February next year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Cartagena Convention Secretariat and the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) say they have developed a document designed to help regional partners make informed decisions about coral disease monitoring and response to the newly identified Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD).

EDINBURGH, Scotland –St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tuesday questioned how long aspirational declarations and diplomatic maneuvering would delay concrete actions to ensure that the planet remains below the 1.5 degrees Celsius.