MIAMI – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is strengthening its collaboration with one of the world's leading conservation organizations, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), to promote sustainable tourism throughout the Caribbean and bolster its efforts to keep the region's waters healthy and thriving.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago has received a grant of US$200,000 that will advance the resilience and long-term preservation of the country’s two highly visible and visited heritage areas.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada -They have cause death and fires in some parts of the world but in the Caribbean region every year especially during the wet or hurricane season hundreds of thousands are spent to repair or replace damages to infrastructure associated with lightning strikes.

OPA-LOCKA, Fl.  —  In an effort to expand Miami-Dade County’s tree canopy by leveraging local resources, Neat Streets Miami awarded the City of Opa-locka a Street Tree Matching Grant for its Perviz Street Tree Beautification Project in the amount of $10,220. In its sixth year, Neat Streets Miami’s street tree program awarded 15 organizations matching grants to advance the Million Trees Miami initiative, a community-wide effort to achieve a 30 percent tree canopy for Miami-Dade County.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Acting head of the Public Service, Mark Cummins says that in the aftermath of Hurricane Elsa, damage assessments are being done on government buildings across the island.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana Friday warned that unless the targets that were set at the Paris Agreement in 2015 are realized, the world can expect to experience future water disasters and further setbacks to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government has launched another phase of the Climate Resilient Coastal Management & Infrastructure Program aimed at using traditional and nature-based solutions to build coastal resilience at several sites throughout the country..

MIAMI, Florida – The first named hurricane for this Atlantic Hurricane Season was formed on Friday as Tropical Storm Elsa strengthened as it moved near or over portions of the Windward Islands or the southern Leeward Islands.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) on Wednesday officially deployed five Detailed Damage Sectoral Assessment (DDSA) teams to Guyana to report on sectors affected by escalated flooding.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), which is slated for Glasgow later this year, will deliver for countries most vulnerable to climate change, like those in the Caribbean, President-designate of COP26, Alok Sharma assured on Thursday.

NEW YORK, NY, : TikTok Influencers, top West Indian cricketers and music stars are joining arms as the new “Disaster Fighters,” a team of influential figures, to disseminate informational messages on fighting the impact of hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, COVID-19 and other hazards.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados is undertaking a rescue mission to save its coral reefs that have been impacted by a range of climate-related and other hazards.