(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Efforts are underway through the Washington-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) to extend the installation of Coral Reef Early Warning Systems (CREWs) stations throughout the Caribbean. This would help to build capacity in detecting and responding to early warning signs in climate change.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington, has extended congratulations to the 2008 International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Cricketer of the Year, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, on his receipt of a number of honours from Guyana, his native land.
Mr. Chanderpaul, former West Indian Cricket Captain, was given a heroes’ welcome on his return to Guyana for the First One-Day International between West Indies and England in the Digicel 2009 Cricket Series.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Belize based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) is reporting measurable success in its implementation of the Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) project, which expires on 31 March 2009.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Mr Walter Vergara, Project Leader for the Executing Agency -World Bank – on the Caribbean Community Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change project (MACC) has expressed great satisfaction with the implementation of the MACC project noting that it has been “very successful, with major accomplishments.”
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington is calling for the expedition of the Climate Change strategic plan and accompanying action plan which would mainstream critical issues related to the impact of Climate Change on the Region.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Saint Lucia Prime Minister, the Hon Stephenson King is urging Caribbean governments as a matter of priority to develop, strengthen and apply national and regional adaptation policies that will address Climate Change concerns within the Region.
He also called on the governments to pursue vigorously mitigation, adaptation and resource mobilisation strategies to combat Climate Change.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is following with growing concern recent political and constitutional developments in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), a British Overseas Territory and Associate Member of the Community.
The Thirteenth Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Japan Consultations on their bilateral cooperation arrangements was convened in Barbados on 19 March 2009. The CARICOM delegation was led by His Excellency Anthony Liverpool, Non-Resident Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to Japan and the delegation of Japan was led by His Excellency Ambassador Tatsuaki Iwata, Representative of the Government of Japan.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Hon Stephenson King, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia will be the keynote speaker at the Second Caribbean Community Climate Change Conference slated for March 23-24, 2009, in Saint Lucia, under the theme: Mainstreaming Climate Change for the Sustainable Development of the Caribbean. Saint Lucia has lead responsibility for sustainable development in the quasi–Cabinet of the CARICOM Conference of Heads of Government.