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World Environment Day - Solution to Plastic Pollution

World Environment Day is the biggest international day for the environment, celebrated by millions of people across the world. This year marks the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, after it was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972. Similarly, The Caribbean Community was also established in 1972 celebrating 50 years of integration, cooperation and development. In this pursuit, sustainable management of the environment and natural resources has always been a priority enshrined in the Treaty of Chaguaramas.

Early Warnings for All supported by CMO at the 19th World Meteorological Congress

(Caribbean Meteorological Organization Press Release) Dr. Arlene Laing, Coordinating Director of the Caribbean Meteorological Organization Headquarters and the Permanent Representative of the British Caribbean Territories with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) made a statement at the 19th World Meteorological Congress, during the WMO Leadership and Management Forum on the Implementation of the UN
Early Warnings for All, a climate adaptation measure.

CARICOM Competition Commission and Commonwealth launch a new course for Consumer Protection Authorities in the Caribbean

Today the CARICOM Competition Commission (CCC) launches its online consumer protection course for consumer protection officials in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

This activity forms part of the CCC’s 2023 Work Programme supporting the development of the region’s consumer protection framework, which is a core enabler to achieving a fully integrated regional economy and single market.

Keynote Address by CARICOM Secretary-General at 'CARICOM at Fifty' Symposium

CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, delivered the keynote address Friday morning (14 April 2023) at the opening ceremony of a symposium to mark the 50th anniversary of the Caribbean Community being observed this year.

The virtual symposium, titled ‘CARICOM at the Crossroads: Rising to the Challenge of a New Era’, was organised by the CARICOM Secretariat in collaboration with the Institute of International Relations of The University of the West Indies (UWI).

CARICOM Secretariat’s energy use under state-of-the-art energy management system

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) - Energy at the CARICOM Secretariat is now managed through a state-of-the-art Building Energy Management System (BEMS).

This information technology allows the tracking of energy supplied and used by the national grid and from the Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation Plant, which was constructed on the grounds of the CARICOM Secretariat.

CARICOM negotiating strategy hailed as Ocean Biodiversity Treaty agreed

CARICOM negotiators have hailed the just-concluded agreement for the historic Ocean Biodiversity Treaty as an excellent example of the success that can be achieved when we work as one Region, with one voice.

The negotiations for the historic Treaty on Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biodiversity Areas, Beyond National Jurisdictions, concluded on 4 March 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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