PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali Monday said that oil and natural gas will be used for a much longer time in the Caribbean even as the region is committed to reducing its dependency on fossil fuels and turning towards renewable sources of energy.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – The Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Francesco La Camera, says that the energy crisis resulting from Russia’s war in Ukraine is the world’s “last lesson” to become more energy independent by moving to renewable energy.

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis – Premier Mark Brantley has announced that the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) will embark of the drilling phase of Nevis’ geothermal project in June 2023.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has embarked on a new initiative, which will focus on the development and implementation of a recyclable plastic waste collection and treatment program in the sub-region.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Achim Steiner, says the shift to renewable energy should not result in developing countries, such as those in the Caribbean, becoming even more indebted to the rich nations that created the climate crisis.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Cuba has invited CARICOM to join several projects that can augment the region’s efforts to confront climate change, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat reported Wednesday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network Monday said as the region moves deeper into its dry season, rainfall will continue to decrease.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) held in Egypt last November was “at best, a mirage in the desert,” says Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves.

MONTREAL, Canada – A flagship project aimed at is scaling up ridge-to-reef restoration of unique ecosystems and tapping blue economic growth to help island communities rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic is among 10 ground-breaking efforts from around the globe recognized by the United Nations.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Simon Stiell, the Grenadian-born head of the United Nations’ climate change agency is preparing for the most important climate change talks since the Paris Agreement of 2015, saying he wants this year’s negotiations (COP28) to be recorded as “a decisive moment in history”.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Some 659 fish species were found and documented during research efforts conducted in Guyana by foreign and local biologists and it is believed that this information can be used to inform governmental decisions about areas where fishes need to be protected.

LUANDA, Angola – Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland, has pledged the support of the 56-member grouping in helping members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) secure the US$100 billion committed by major carbon-emitting nations to combat the worst impacts of climate change.