BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Caribbean Community (CARCOM) countries are being urged to voice their concerns in support of the Paris Agreement to maintain the 1.5 degrees as the limit in global warming until the end of the century.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Cuban Tree Frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) has made its way to Jamaica, bringing with it significant ecological and economic concerns.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) has denied media reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning to the island regarding its failure to meet the WHO drinking water guidelines for Barbados.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), in collaboration with the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), has launched the Development of Rainfall Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curves project.

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize has launched a new energy project aimed at strengthening the country’s power supply and improving the reliability of its electricity services.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – St. Kitts-Nevis has ratified two of the three protocols of the Cartagena Convention, the regional legal agreement which governs the protection and development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR).

THE VALLEY, Anguilla – The Anguilla government has announced plans to ensure the effective management and sustainable utilization of its natural resources as the British Overseas Territory is home to critically endangered species like the Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and the Lesser Antillean Iguana (Iguana delicatissima)

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – St. Vincent and the Grenadines is undertaking a  multi-year project to restore seabird nesting habitats intended also to increase seabird populations by restoring available nesting habitat in Battowia and the Pillories islands here and to compensate for losses to certain species impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan 21, CMC – Jamaica's government on Tuesday named the former principal of the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) as the country’s first ever special envoy for climate change, the environment and matters of the ocean and the blue economy.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Grenada’s Minister of Climate Resilience, Environment, and Renewable Energy, Kerryne James, has urged for closer collaboration in order to take advantage of the vast potential for renewable energy in the region.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has released a groundbreaking case study documenting innovative waste management through regional cooperation and public-private partnerships.

BRADES, Montserrat – Montserrat has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative to craft its first-ever National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), which is being described as a critical policy tool for countries that are parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).