KINGSTON, Jamaica –Government says it is partnering with the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) to boost cultivation of the castor oil plant to produce biodiesel for the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC).
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ROSEAU, Dominica – The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) says it is monitoring the water levels at the Boiling Lake here after they “have changed significantly in recent days”.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Cartagena Convention Secretariat and the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) say they have developed a document designed to help regional partners make informed decisions about coral disease monitoring and response to the newly identified Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD).
LA PAZ, Bolivia – Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday urged gas exporting countries to “carry the conversation of the need, the necessity of gas “into the future amid global climate change concerns.
LONDON, England - Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Caricom chairman Gaston Browne is among small island states dissatisfied the fund they had called for had not been created as the COP26 wrapped up this weekend.
EDINBURGH, Scotland – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) have agreed on the urgency for the developed countries to fulfil their pledge of providing US$100 billion a year to help developing countries, including Small Island and low-lying coastal Developing States (SIDS) deal with the impact of climate change.
EDINBURGH, Scotland –St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tuesday questioned how long aspirational declarations and diplomatic maneuvering would delay concrete actions to ensure that the planet remains below the 1.5 degrees Celsius.
LONDON, England (Reuters) – The Central American CARICOM nation of Belize provided a likely ‘blue’ model for conserving some of the world’s most vulnerable marine ecosystems on Friday, swapping a promise to protect the northern Hemisphere’s biggest barrier reef for much-needed debt relief.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados –Leaders from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific have expressed their strong support for a proposed ‘Living Lands Charter’ that will spur cooperation among 54 nations to manage land use sustainably, protect the natural world and fight climate change.
ROSEAU, Dominica – The Dominica government Wednesday said the island is making progress on renewable energy describing the sector as an active base for building resilience in all other sectors.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government says the China Railway Group Limited, which was initially selected to construct the Amaila Falls hydropower project in 2012, has now been granted approval to construct the renewable energy project.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados –The Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Working Group has warned that a significant number of shark species is disproportionately threatened.
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Meteorological Office at the Maurice Bishop International Airport has confirmed that Grenada is affected by volcanic ash from the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Canary Islands, which began erupting on September 19.
