GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The United Kingdom’s Minister of State with responsibility for Overseas Territories, the Commonwealth, Energy, Climate and Environment, Zac Goldsmith, says Guyana is recognized globally for its efforts in preserving its pristine forest and natural resources, as the country has one of the lowest deforestation rates. 

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.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) says it is advancing a regional project aimed at turning Sargassum into innovative products that will create jobs and income as well as contribute to building the region’s climate resilience.

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.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has called on the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to take steps to ensure that populations across the world are educated about the link between climate change and slow and gradual weather events.

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.

ROSEAU, Dominica – The Dominica government Monday expressed optimism that negotiations for the construction of a power plant could begin early next month as it reported “excellent results so far” from drilling exercises in the Roseau Valley on the outskirts of the capital.

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.