Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Grenada, Hon. Dickon Mitchell, called for the closing of the "significant" financing gap Small Island Developing States face in mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis.
COP29 must deliver a climate finance goal that is credible and consequential for achieving the 1.5℃ goal, Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, said on Wednesday.
The Secretary-General made the call at a Leaders’ Summit of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on Climate Change at the COP29 (Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been developing an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Development Policy and Programme that includes creating regional AI policy guidance to consider its role in sustainability and climate action.
In appreciation of the yeoman service they rendered to the field of statistics in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), former Directors of Statistics were awarded on 5 November at the conclusion of a CARICOM Population and Housing Census Symposium in Placencia, Belize.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana - Wednesday, 13 November 2024) - Senior trade officials have advanced preparation for the Fifty-Nineth Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) scheduled for 27-28 November in Georgetown, Guyana.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has identified Ministerial Champions for key negotiation areas during the Twenty-Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which began 11 November in Baku, Azerbaijan. At COP29, CARICOM Member States will advocate for urgent climate action and robust financial commitments to address the unique vulnerabilities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
"The challenges facing the Caribbean Region due to the climate crisis are complex.
Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, on Monday, 11 November, joined regional Government Ministers in bilateral discussions with the Hon. Steven Guilbeault, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada.
Students from the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering and Technology of the University of Guyana toured the CARICOM Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation Plant on the grounds of the CARICOM Secretariat on Friday, 8 November.
The group was the first of four cohorts of tertiary-level students who will tour the Secretariat each Friday in November as part of the activities to observe CARICOM Energy Month 2024.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - CARICOM and India renewed their commitment to bilateral cooperation at the second meeting of the CARICOM-India Joint Commission which met virtually on Wednesday November 6.