KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - St. Vincent and the Grenadines has launched an eradication program for the giant African snail, an agricultural pest that spreads disease-causing parasites to humans.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) on Friday said that tropical Pacific and Atlantic ocean temperatures should remain well above average, steadily amplifying heat stress in the Caribbean by increasing temperatures, humidity and heatwave frequency.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) says two of its member countries have been selected to stage Recycle OECS model demonstration projects.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA) has begun negotiations concerning the future of deep-sea mining and mineral extraction.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Simon Stiell, is urging the Caribbean to continue “punching above their weight”  and continue to provide world changing ideas as it pertains to the environment and climate change.

PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS – Atlantis Paradise Island, a global leader in marine life conservation, will be home to The Bahamas’ first coral gene bank, making strides in the global fight against Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD), an affliction decimating coral populations in The Bahamas and beyond.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands - Plans are being made by the administration in the British Virgin Isalnds to establish a national meteorological service.

UNITED NATIONS – CARICOM countries were among the United Nation’s 193 member states that on Monday adopted a landmark legally binding marine biodiversity agreement forging a common wave of conservation and sustainability in the high seas beyond national boundaries and covering two thirds of the planet’s oceans.

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The Governor of this British Overseas Territory, John Rankin, has warned that the British Virgin Islands can anticipate as many as six hurricanes during the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season which started on June 1.

TIANJIN, China – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has urged governments and private sector leaders to take immediate action on addressing climate change.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) Monday said that with El Niño conditions expected this year, the bleaching outlook for the Caribbean is not positive at this point in time and that widespread bleaching of reefs is predicted for this season.

BARBADOS – Kenneth Bryan, chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), speaking to senior tourism and government officials, scientists and members of the media from around the region meeting last week to address issues of hurricane preparedness and climate resilience, stated that hurricanes and climate-related hazards threaten the region’s development and its tourism sector, and preparation and mitigation are of paramount importance.