KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is budgeting J$60 million (One Jamaica dollar=US$0.008 cents) for activities under the Adaptation Program and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) project, designed to help the island adjust more easily to climate change.

BELMOPAN, Belize – The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has won the coveted national ENERGY GLOBE Award a third time.

LONDON – Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland, says while Guyana is fortunate that deforestation is very low, Commonwealth countries with an estimated 900 million hectares of forest land need to ensure policies are in place to support the livelihoods of millions of people while tackling climate change.,

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Five countries in the Eastern Caribbean have received US$2 million each in the battle against the Sargassum seaweed.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Martinique is to send a technical team to Dominica as the two islands seek to further enhance cooperation in the area of geothermal energy, according to a statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia –The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission will later this month host a webinar on geothermal energy, saying the use of the product has been an ongoing subject of research and exploration within the sub-region.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Barbados on Tuesday made a plea for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to create a global brand in resilience building and planning, renewables and sustainability as it renewed calls for global moral leadership in dealing with issues of climate change.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says a persistent La Nina pattern is expected to continue during the core dry season which should drive increasing dry spells across the northwest section of the region.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana Tuesday urged the international community to live up to its commitment in helping small island developing states (SIDS) deal with the impact of global change, even as Georgetown indicated its preparedness to help the region in that regard.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders, has called for a more comprehensive international legal framework for dealing with liability for oil spills and ecological damage.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The oil and gas company, bpTT, says it has joined forces with two Trinidad and Tobago-based universities to support the first Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) mapping project here.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CDPMN) Monday said that many Caribbean countries will be starting the new season “with a deficit in water resources” as the region continues to be affected by a “relatively dry” period.