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Climate Action and Trade Governance: Prospects for Tourism and Travel in...
Damage in Barbuda after Hurricane Irma 2017 will go down as a landmark year given the huge impact of hurricanes on the economic, social and ecological environments in the wider Caribbean. The...
View ArticleCommonwealth Secretary-General pledges to challenge development assistance rules
“But despite this great tragedy and unimaginable devastation, I saw in Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica an unbreakable spirit of resilience and revival. I was able to attend Independence celebrations...
View ArticleBuilding back better: The Caribbean’s wind of change
Click to view slideshow. British billionaire Richard Branson called it a Marshall Plan for the Caribbean. Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne called it ”building on a sustainable basis...
View ArticleHelp SIDS to help themselves – PM Chastanet issues call at COP23
“I call on developed countries to help SIDS help themselves. We cannot wait till 2020 to see finance to deal with the emergency situations, build resilience in our countries as far as possible, and the...
View ArticleRegion must adapt to the reality of climate change – CARICOM SG
Click to view slideshow. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is mobilising resources to support reconstruction of hurricane-ravaged Member States to build back smarter and better, against the existential...
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Harsh climate: Commonwealth SG warns of existential threat
The Caribbean needs help from the international community now more than ever, as it seeks to build resilience to changing weather patterns and the impact on its economies, Commonwealth Secretary...
View ArticleHurricane season officially ends, but impact lingers
Click to view slideshow. It is finally over. According to the calendar of the National Hurricane Center, November 30 marks the official end of the Atlantic Hurricane Season, which spawned 17 named...
View ArticleBVI Gov’t prepares for another possible active hurricane season
The Government of the BVI has initiated a plan to get ready for what may be another active season, according to the preliminary predictions released in December 2017. According to the Department of...
View ArticleJapan funding to help women in Guyana, Dominica deal with disasters
The Government of Japan is contributing US$5 million to help rural women in Guyana and Dominica, particularly those engaged in agriculture, withstand the effects of climate change. At the Ministry of...
View ArticleSG commends Saint Lucia’s leadership in sustainable development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has commended Saint Lucia for ensuring that issues related to...
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CDEMA to improve disaster response with new procurement procedures
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), with support from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), has developed, and will implement new procurement and contract...
View ArticleKick’em Jenny alert level drops to yellow
The through the technical support provided by the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Center (UWI-SRC) in Trinidad, wishes to advise the general public that since the seismicity that...
View ArticleWilliam G. Demas Memorial Lecture to focus on social impact of natural disasters
The social impact of natural disasters will come into focus when Professor Mark Pelling of King’s College London delivers the 19th William G. Demas Memorial Lecture on May 29 in Grenada. The highly...
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