Closing date extended for Lightning Safety Awareness Contest

Schoolchildren who are interested in the Lightning Safety Awareness Contest have until 30 May 2025 to submit their entries. The contest was launched last month by the Caribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO), in partnership with the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Caribbean Proj...
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Heat waves likely this quarter

While the Caribbean can expect heat waves beginning early this month, these are unlikely to match the temperatures the region experienced over the past two years. This is according to the current Caribbean Climate Outlook Newsletter which provided a forecast for April -June 2025. “ENSO (E...
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Historic Step taken on Ocean Governance in the Wider Caribbean

As one of the intergovernmental organisation signatories to the OCM MOU, the CARICOM Secretariat, is pleased to be part of this ambitious governance arrangement to advance sustainable use and conservation of shared marine resources in the wider Caribbean. The Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM...
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Concerns over drought in the Region

Drought in parts of the Caribbean during the first half of 2025 is a cause for concern for the Caribbean Drought and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CDPMN). In its Drought Bulletin for January 2025, the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) – under which the CDPMN operates&nb...
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The Minamata Convention on Mercury

A CARICOM factsheet introducing the Minamata Convention and its measures to protect human health and the environment from mercury emissions, releases, and mercury-containing products....
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Caribbean Migratory Species Cards (CMS)

A set of illustrated species cards highlighting migratory birds and other migratory wildlife relevant to the Caribbean, including species status, threats, ecosystem services, and Caribbean range countries, prepared by the CMS Secretariat in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat (information val...
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The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing Fact Sheet

A CARICOM Secretariat fact sheet introducing the Nagoya Protocol under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), covering access to genetic resources, fair and equitable benefit-sharing, traditional knowledge considerations, and examples of utilization such as research and development, alongside...
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