FLORIDA – Tropical Storm Grace which formed on Saturday remains disorganized as it moves just south of Puerto Rico and forecasters say heavy rainfall across the Lesser and Greater Antilles remains the primary threat over the next few days.
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MIAMI, Florida – A tropical storm warning is in effect for Haiti, as Tropical Storm Fred moved closer towards the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country on Wednesday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) is warning that the peak of the wet, heat and hurricane season is forecast to bring an increase in wet days and wet spells, heatwaves and tropical cyclone activity in Belize and the Caribbean Islands.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados government has signaled its intention to implement new regulations for the fisheries sector that may result in a new set of changes, including the posting of notices of closed and open seasons in the Official Gazette.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government says it is seeking to revive the 165 Megawatts (MW) Amaila Falls Hydropower project (AFHP) and hoping to start construction in 2022 with a completion date in 2025.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Dr. Jerome Walcott has appealed for efforts to be stepped up to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-induced impacts, which negatively impact Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Environment Fund (SVGEF) says it is pleased with the response to plans to have “dead/ dying” coral at Indian Bay removed.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados has called for differential treatment with regards to fishing subsidies, as it reaffirmed its commitment to playing its part in sustainable fishing practices.
MIAMI – The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is strengthening its collaboration with one of the world's leading conservation organizations, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), to promote sustainable tourism throughout the Caribbean and bolster its efforts to keep the region's waters healthy and thriving.
OPA-LOCKA, Fl. — In an effort to expand Miami-Dade County’s tree canopy by leveraging local resources, Neat Streets Miami awarded the City of Opa-locka a Street Tree Matching Grant for its Perviz Street Tree Beautification Project in the amount of $10,220. In its sixth year, Neat Streets Miami’s street tree program awarded 15 organizations matching grants to advance the Million Trees Miami initiative, a community-wide effort to achieve a 30 percent tree canopy for Miami-Dade County.
NASSAU, Bahamas – The Bahamas government has launched another phase of the Climate Resilient Coastal Management & Infrastructure Program aimed at using traditional and nature-based solutions to build coastal resilience at several sites throughout the country..
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), which is slated for Glasgow later this year, will deliver for countries most vulnerable to climate change, like those in the Caribbean, President-designate of COP26, Alok Sharma assured on Thursday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago has received a grant of US$200,000 that will advance the resilience and long-term preservation of the country’s two highly visible and visited heritage areas.
