WASHINGTON, DC – The World Bank says it has approved a project to help Guyana adapt to climate change and reduce flood risk in its coastal regions.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – The Cayman Islands Government is in the process of changing customs legislation to ban the importation of a significant number of types of single-use plastic. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's government says it is seeking to use the sterile insect technique (SIT) in a bid to reduce the fruit fly population.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts - The executive director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)  Elizabeth Riley, Tuesday said regional countries should be fully prepared for all severe weather events this year, amid predictions of an above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year.

BASSSETERRE, St. Kitts – St. Kitts-Nevis agricultural officials say they are closely monitoring the outbreak of a disease affecting mango trees on the twin island Federation.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Bahamas Prime Minister Phillip Davis has told delegates attending the Fourth International Conference on Small Island States (SIDS 4) that his country “is burning."

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley says Trinidad and Tobago expects to receive “a significant sum” in compensation for the ongoing oil spill clean-up in Tobago.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – St. Lucia has become the latest Caribbean country to implement water rationing measures as the region continues to feel the effect of a prolonged dry period.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Germany has launched the “German-Caribbean Climate Talks” here amid concerns that temperatures in the Caribbean continue to reach record breaking highs, and the impacts of climate change are becoming an increasingly prominent concern for regional governments.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) says it has put in place emergency measures to ensure residents in the worst affected areas have a consistent supply of water as the country deals with “an unprecedented, harsh, five month dry season.

ROSEAU, Dominica – In a small island nation on the eastern edge of the Caribbean, there is a species of wild sea moss, or red algae, called Gracilaria that Dominicans have traditionally farmed and used to make drinks, gels and other products such as textile dyes.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday said it had secured international compensation for the ongoing oil spill clean up in Tobago, with early estimates putting the damage as much as US$20 million dollars.