WASHINGTON, DC - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) say small island developing states (SIDS) are negligible contributors to global warming, yet are amongst the most affected by climate change.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has warned nationals to be prepared for increased cost of living as a result of the impact of climate change, noting that property insurance rates have gone up in recent years.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad And Tobago Government Sunday Said It Is Providing Safe Passage For Marine Vessels, Including Yachts And Other Pleasure Crafts As Hurricane Beryl Is Expected To Affect Several Caribbean Countries In The Coming Days.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government says its tropical cyclone policy with the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has triggered a payment following the passage of Hurricane Beryl last week.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew, says hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 storm ever to form in the Atlantic, is a stark reminder of the existential threat of climate change, particularly to small island states.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government says the de-inventory phase of the operations regarding the oil spill that occurred off the coast of Tobago in February, damaging some of the island’s mangroves and threatened its tourism and fishing sectors, has been completed.

UNITED NATIONS – A senior United Nations official has said that the island of Carriacou that is part of the tri-island nation of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique has been virtually “flattened” by the devastating Hurricane Beryl. 

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell Tuesday said at least three people were killed and “possibly more,” after Hurricane Beryl battered Grenada and its sister islands on Monday with winds in excess of 140 miles per hour (mph).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has launched its National Action Plan to End Plastics Pollution, indicating also that that legislation on single-use, petrol based plastics would be tabled in Parliament.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada –  The government of Grenada has declared the northern parish of  St Patrick and the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique as disaster zones for three months covering the period July 01 to September 30.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Hurricane Beryl caused widespread damage in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Monday, damaging buildings, including at least one that was being used as an emergency shelter and blowing away roofs as it moved across the country.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Sunday warned that the “very dangerous” Hurricane Beryl “will blow off a lot of roofs” in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, as he urged citizens to take the impending storm seriously.