GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – The Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF SPC) Friday said it has made a payout of approximately US$2.4 million to the Trinidad and Tobago government following a rainfall event that occurred last month.

UNITED NATIONS – A new report by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has found that climate-related and geophysical events have resulted in the loss of 312,000 lives and directly affected more than 277 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government has signaled its intention to implement new regulations for the fisheries sector that may result in a new set of changes, including the posting of notices of closed and open seasons in the Official Gazette.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A new global report released on Wednesday has found that some Caribbean countries do not have multi-hazard early warning systems even as climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries.

FLORIDA – Tropical Storm Grace which formed on Saturday remains disorganized as it moves just south of Puerto Rico and forecasters say heavy rainfall across the Lesser and Greater Antilles remains the primary threat over the next few days.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government says it is seeking to revive the 165 Megawatts (MW) Amaila Falls Hydropower project (AFHP) and hoping to start construction in 2022 with a completion date in 2025.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados –The Barbados government says it has signed off on 39 license applications for individuals and companies interested in pursuing renewable energy business ventures in the island’s quest to be100 per cent fossil fuel free by 2030.

MIAMI, Florida – A tropical storm warning is in effect for Haiti, as Tropical Storm Fred moved closer towards the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country on Wednesday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott has appealed for efforts to be stepped up to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-induced impacts, which negatively impact Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent –The St Vincent and the Grenadines government is challenging inventors within academia and private enterprise to explore the potential of using plastics, and possibly volcanic ash, as raw materials in the production of useful products.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) is warning that the peak of the wet, heat and hurricane season is forecast to bring an increase in wet days and wet spells, heatwaves and tropical cyclone activity in Belize and the Caribbean Islands.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Environment Fund (SVGEF) says it is pleased with the response to plans to have “dead/ dying” coral at Indian Bay removed.