Two regional leaders have suggested that Climate Change has put the countries of the Caribbean at such a high risk, moving forward it is questionable if, after the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season, the region will be able to insure against natural disasters. Addressing the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in New York, St Lucia’s Prime…

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Climate change has raised the risk of a fungal disease that ravages banana crops, new research shows. Black Sigatoka disease emerged from Asia in the late 20th Century and has recently completed its invasion of banana-growing areas in Latin America and the Caribbean. The new study, by the University of Exeter, says…

Written By Kimani Wiseman  Climate change is real, and it is accelerated when there is an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which causes the climate to change over a period of time. For example, some countries may experience heavy rainfall, while some countries may have a shortage of rainfall. Climate change began in…

The leader of the Unity Labour Party Dr Ralph Gonsalves wasted no time in reacting to the decision by Arnhim Eustace the former leader of the Opposition to contest the 2020 general elections. Eustace who is a five-time elected representative for the East Kingstown constituency had in November of 2016, resigned as Opposition leader and…

Creating Resilience, for the OECS Islands, against the impacts of Climate Change continues to dominate the agenda of Governments across the sub-region. This was the resounding message at The OECS ILAND RESILIENCE PROJECT  launch at the just concluded 4th OECS Council of Ministers of Environment meeting in Grenada recently. The conference which was convened under the theme “Accelerating Sustainable…

OECS Member States – Environmental Ministers and Technical Officers from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) as well as key regional partners from International Agencies attended the fourth OECS Council of Ministers meeting recently held in Grenada. The theme for the event was “Accelerating Sustainable Development: Addressing Challenges, Creating Opportunities”. The Council who is…

(By Ernesto Cooke) – Journalists from across the Caribbean are attending a two-day workshop in Belize City, Belize. The Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP) is hosting the regional training seminar entitled Climate Change Capacity Building for Media Practitioners. The training is geared towards enabling media practitioners to learn and share best practices on climate change…

St Vincent and the Grenadines along with countries in the Americas region on Thursday 9th March took a landmark step on the road to resilience by adopting an action plan to tackle the huge array of natural and human-induced hazards countries and territories in the region face. After three days of talks, ministers gathered at…

Three pilot projects totaling USD$300,000 will commence with the aim of transferring and adapting low emission and climate resilient technologies to the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines . The projects would be under the guidance of the local chapter of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) under the United Nations Development…