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COP26 President – Designate to visit Caribbean to build support for COP26 climate goals Alok_ Sharma

COP26 President – Designate to visit Caribbean to build support for COP26 climate goals

Caribnews July 5, 2021

By Caribbean News Global LONDON, England – COP26 President-Designate, Alok Sharma, will travel to Jamaica, Antigua and...

IMF executive board approves US$11.6M for St Vincent and the Grenadines

Caribnews July 3, 2021

WASHINGTON, USA – The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement to...

Island States paying price for climate change hurricane_esla

Island States paying price for climate change

Caribnews July 2, 2021

At the time of publication, hurricane Elsa becoming the first hurricane of 2021 – a very early...

CDB needs to double financing to help region achieve SDGs, says bank president

Caribnews July 1, 2021

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr Gene Leon, says the bank’s current...

Belize explores debt-for-climate swaps with Commonwealth support belize_debt_climate

Belize explores debt-for-climate swaps with Commonwealth support

Caribnews July 1, 2021

By Government Press Office | BELIZE BELIZE, Belmopan – The government of Belize is focusing on debt-for-climate...

Record-breaking ‘pressure-cooker’ heatwave hits Canada, US northwest heatwave2021

Record-breaking ‘pressure-cooker’ heatwave hits Canada, US northwest

Caribnews June 29, 2021

CANADA / USA – A “pressure-cooker” heatwave that’s broken temperature records twice in 48 hours in the...

First Caribbean tree planting week CariPhilAlliance

First Caribbean tree planting week

Caribnews June 29, 2021

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Since February 2020, the Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance (CariPhilAlliance) and its network of partners have...

Latin America and the Caribbean: from the lost decade to a decade of hope manuel_otero

Latin America and the Caribbean: from the lost decade to a decade of hope

Caribnews June 28, 2021

By Manuel Otero Latin America and the Caribbean is home to just eight percent of the global...

World Bank approves US$50M to support La Soufriere emergency response and recovery

Caribnews June 27, 2021

USA / ST VINCENT – The World Bank board of executive directors approved Friday US$50 million in...

On climate change frontline, indigenous provide pointers to save planet indigenous_ community

On climate change frontline, indigenous provide pointers to save planet

Caribnews June 27, 2021

NEW YORK, USA – Indigenous people living on the frontline of climate change could offer potentially ground-breaking insight into biodiversity protection and sustainability, but they...