KINGSTON, Jamaica – The target date for the ban on plastic lunch boxes and personal care products with microplastic beads is June 1.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says that over the next three months, more comfortable temperatures and humidity will be experienced across the region.

DUBAI – Trinidad and Tobago is the lone CARICOM country that has so far signed on to a certification system for clean and low-carbon hydrogen production in the region.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$50 million loan to help Barbados boost the climate resilience of its coastal areas and foster climate-resilient economic development.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – A Trinidad-based company has started construction of two reverse osmosis plants in Antigua that will be expected to supply two million gallons of reverse osmosis water daily.

DUBAI – A report published by the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat and by YOUNGO, the children and youth constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), says young people, who are among those most at risk to the impacts of climate change, are not accessing the funds they need to tackle the challenges posed by global warming.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)  Commission Wednesday said the new waste characterization reports for Dominica and Grenada are critical for  tailoring the “Recycle OECS Model” framework to the waste landscape in the two countries.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada government has begun an assessment of the damage caused by heavy rains associated with a shearline that affected mainly the northern and portions of the western and eastern parishes on Tuesday.

BELMOPAN, Belize –  The Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) says it is involved in a new initiative to produce Sargassum-derived liquid fertilizers or plant growth promoters for the region.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines government has described as “greatly exaggerated” reports that the island’s geothermal energy project that was halted in 2019 had been stopped saying it is in discussions with “multiple private sector entities”.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Barbados will become the first Caribbean country to benefit from deep sea research that could bring solutions to Sargassum inundation challenges by sinking the seaweed to the bottom of the ocean floor.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook (CariCOF) says over the next three months, the cool season will feature more comfortable temperatures and humidity.