BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados’ early warning capacity and its ability to alert the public about impending hazards has been significantly enhanced with the installation of a new radar system to the tune of approximately BDS$3.5 million (US$1.75 million) that will be ready in time for the July start of the Atlantic hurricane season.

UNITED NATIONS – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are maintaining their position of wanting more inclusive and participatory governance structures for ocean management under the new instrument, as negotiation resumed at the United Nations on an international legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus says it intends to plant 2, 300 trees as part of the National Tree Planting Initiative.

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands – The British Virgin Islands will host a three-day regional workshop and scientific symposium on mangrove restoration as a nature-based solution for climate resilience in the Caribbean.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is budgeting J$60 million (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) for activities under the Adaptation Program and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) project, designed to help the island adjust more easily to climate change.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Five countries in the Eastern Caribbean have received US$2 million each in the battle against the Sargassum seaweed.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Barbados on Tuesday made a plea for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to create a global brand in resilience building and planning, renewables and sustainability as it renewed calls for global moral leadership in dealing with issues of climate change.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders, has called for a more comprehensive international legal framework for dealing with liability for oil spills and ecological damage.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has won the coveted national ENERGY GLOBE Award a third time.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Martinique is to send a technical team to Dominica as the two islands seek to further enhance cooperation in the area of geothermal energy, according to a statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says a persistent La Nina pattern is expected to continue during the core dry season which should drive increasing dry spells across the northwest section of the region.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The oil and gas company, bpTT, says it has joined forces with two Trinidad and Tobago-based universities to support the first Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) mapping project here.