KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government says it is taking a structured, systematic approach to protect the Rio Cobre river from further chemical spills, after the latest spill of caustic effluent from the bauxite and alumina company, Windalco, resulted in a fish kill, affecting several species and also impacting other aquatic organisms.

HAMILTON, Bermuda — The Bermuda Weather Service (BWS) has confirmed that last month was this sub-tropical island’s driest July in almost 40 years.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – A total of €6 million (US$6.1 million) is being spent on a project designed to increase Jamaica’s resilience to the impact of climate change and reduce poverty by protecting livelihoods.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is to plant 6,000 trees across the island by Agro-Investment Corporation (AIC) in partnership with the Forestry Department, to mark "Jamaica 60".

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Grenada's government says it is still assessing the damage caused by unexpected hurricane-force winds on Sunday that destroyed towers belonging to the telecommunication companies here among other infrastructure.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) says it is conducting a study of paddy bugs to reduce their impact on rice cultivation here as well as to secure the country’s rice export, specifically to the European Union (EU) market.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The United States National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) has adjusted its forecast so as to monitor the conditions which impact cyclonic activity as the North Atlantic hurricane season enters its traditional peak period, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), said Friday.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Premier Wayne Panton has announced the allocation of resources to rid beaches of the invasive sargassum seaweed and to reduce the impact it is having on marine life and businesses operating in and around the area.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is exploring measures to mitigate the effects of the brown seaweed known as sargassum, which is also a source of discomfort for fishers and swimmers who use some of the affected beaches.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has told an international conference that it will not support deep-sea mining in the International Seabed Area without a suitable regulatory framework being in place.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Extreme weather and climate change are causing mega-drought, extreme rainfall, deforestation and glacier melt across Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a UN report published on Friday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) Tuesday said La Niña conditions are in place and as a result, high flooding, flash flood, landslide, rockfall and soil erosion potential across Belize and the Caribbean Islands will prevail until December and, from late- November, in the coastal Guianas.