BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The head of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Francesco La Camera Tuesday warned that that Small Island Developing States (SIDS), including those in the Caribbean, are confronted with a “pressing race” against climate change.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) says there are an estimated 12,046 recorded marine species in the Caribbean region with 31 phyla, or groups of related organisms, represented.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The capacity of Jamaica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti to conserve and restore their coral reefs is being bolstered under the six-year CoralCarib project.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Regional forecasters are predicting 17 named storms, seven of which are likely to become hurricanes with four of them being major storms this year.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The European Union’s flagship program for green action in Latin America and the Caribbean (EUROCLIMA) will be launched at the Walker’s Reserve on Wednesday.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 2) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters – known as the Escazú Agreement – ended in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the election of the first seven members of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the treaty.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – CARICOM on Monday joined the international community in observing International Day for Biological Diversity acknowledging that the region’s rich biodiversity remains the answer to several sustainable development challenges.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent -A coral restoration project in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is reporting significant success, with more than 85 percent of the fragments transplanted so far surviving.

CODRINGTON, Barbuda - Barbuda has launched the construction phase of its energy resilience project that is aimed at increasing the resilience of the electricity distribution network on the island by providing hybrid solar systems on key public buildings and improving the population’s level of access to modern electricity services.

St. George’s, Grenada W.I.  – Grenada, known as the spice island of the Caribbean, is hosting its second annual, week-long Dive & Conservation Festival, an unprecedented gathering of global leaders in marine conservation. The festival will bring together many experts, including government representatives, environmental advocacy organizations, scientists, researchers, and the tourism industry.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says it may become difficult over the next three months to confidently forecast rainfall as the Caribbean transitions into the wet season.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will launch a new strategic approach for conserving and restoring Caribbean coral reef ecosystems that targets Climate Resilient Refugia, later this month.