FLORIDA – The United States National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on August 11th updated its prediction for storms and hurricanes from “near normal” to “ above normal”.
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UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says Caribbean countries have been equipped to better prepare for hurricanes and other hazards following the conclusion of a three-and-a-half-year project to strengthen weather, water and climate services.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica has told an international conference that it supports all efforts to protect and preserve the seabed.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA) has begun negotiations concerning the future of deep-sea mining and mineral extraction.
St. George’s, GRENADA – Minister for Climate Resilience, the Environment and Renewable Energy, Kerryne James, said tackling plastic pollution on the island should be the immediate focus of the Grenada Solid Waste Management Authority (GSWMA) which has just launched the Grenada pilot of Recycle OECS Model Project.
CARIBBEAN - The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) in collaboration with Island Innovation will host its second biennial Caribbean Conservation Finance Congress on July 27-28, 2023 under the theme “Advancing Circular Economies”.
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands - Plans are being made by the administration in the British Virgin Isalnds to establish a national meteorological service.
NASSAU, Bahamas– The senior scientist in Climate Analytics and a senior fellow at the Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Research Centre of the University of The Bahamas, Dr. Adelle Thomas, has been elected to a Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
BELMOPAN, Belize – The Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) says it is closely monitoring the outbreak of New World screwworms in Central America where Panama has declared a State of Zoosanitary Emergency and reported cases in cattle, pigs, dogs, and horses.
TIANJIN, China – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has urged governments and private sector leaders to take immediate action on addressing climate change.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Environment ministers from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have approved the agenda and priorities for environmental sustainability in the sub-region for the next seven years.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent - St. Vincent and the Grenadines has launched an eradication program for the giant African snail, an agricultural pest that spreads disease-causing parasites to humans.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) on Friday said that tropical Pacific and Atlantic ocean temperatures should remain well above average, steadily amplifying heat stress in the Caribbean by increasing temperatures, humidity and heatwave frequency.
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