The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), in collaboration with the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GoSVG), on 26 November 2024, launched a US$3M project to fast-track climate action.

The project is funded by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and will conclude in 2027 when the institutional, technical and climate finance needs of the CARICOM Member State are expected to be strengthened, ensuring a more resilient and sustainable future. The CCCCC, along with the Economic Planning Division of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning, and Information Technology, will execute the project on behalf of the government and people of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

The launch of the project took place in the presence of key national stakeholders from sectors such as agriculture, tourism, fisheries, forestry, economic development, environment conservation, meteorological services and others.

Mr. Earl Green, Project Manager at the CCCCC, emphasised the importance of the project towards strengthening the country's capacity to implement actions that improve climate adaptation.

“It is expected that this will allow St. Vincent and the Grenadines to implement its Long-Term Readiness Action Plan to enhance its national capacity to effectively respond and address the impacts of climate change in a strategic, consultative, participatory, and comprehensive manner with national stakeholders to ensure country buy-in and country ownership”, he said.

At the launch, Ms. Giselle Myers, Senior Economist in the Ministry of Economic Development, reflected on the natural disasters that St. Vincent and the Grenadines has experienced over the past decade and lamented the relentless and pervasive nature of climate impacts in every sector. These events, she said, “depict clearly, the urgency for St. Vincent and the Grenadines to mobilise climate financing that will support projects to position the country to strengthen adaptation and mitigation efforts and decrease potential devastation”. (Adapted from Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre Press Release)

About the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)

The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre is an intergovernmental organisation established by the Heads of Governments of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to coordinate the Region's response to managing and adapting to climate change. The CCCCC also serves as a delivery partner for climate finance for the Region, a repository for regional climate change information and data provider of climate change-related policy advice and guidelines to the CARICOM Member States.