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OECS Ministers for Environmental Sustainability to…
OECS Media Release Ministers responsible for environmental portfolios in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will meet in The Valley, Anguilla, from July 12-13, 2023, for their 10th…
Recent events that indicate Earth’s climate…
Source : AP As a warming Earth simmered into worrisome new territory this week, scientists said the unofficial records being set for average planetary temperature were a clear sign of how pollutants…
Caribbean Perfectly Placed to Pioneer Innovative…
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia: The Caribbean is uniquely placed to bridge solutions between international communities and chart a pathway forward in pioneering innovative finance approaches on climate change,…
St Kitts & Nevis Climate For Thursday 15th…
Sky Conditions: Mostly Clear Temperature: 82°F | 28°C Pressure: 30.06 in | 1018 mb Dewpoint: 77°F | 25°C Humidity: 84% Wind: SSE 14 mph | SSE 22 kph Feels Like: 90°F | 32.2°C Visibility: 6.2 mi | 10.0…
St Kitts & Nevis Climate for Wednesday 14th…
Sky Conditions: Mostly Sunny Temperature: 84°F | 29°C Pressure: 30.06 in | 1018 mb Dewpoint: 77°F | 25°C Humidity: 79% Wind: E 13 mph | E 20 kph Feels Like: 94°F | 34.4°C Visibility: 6.2 mi | 10.0 km…
Caribbean heat season warms up and may be hotter…
Source: Loop Caribbean It has been a hot couple of months for many Caribbean islands with no end in sight to the excessive heat. According to the Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum…
OECS Seeks to Scale up and Accelerate Climate…
OECS Media Release April 4, 2023 — Climate Change poses an existential threat to the Caribbean and is increasingly impacting the lives of people of the region, in every sphere. With the most recent…
UN General Assembly Backs Landmark Request for An…
Permanent Mission of St. Kitts and Nevis to the UN, New York March 28, 2023, Reacting to a UN General Assembly decision requesting that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) provide an…
Senior officers and future leaders of the region’s…
Bridgetown, Barbados, March 20, 2023 – The Regional Training Centre (RTC) of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is currently facilitating its Strategic Leadership Programme for…
La Niña, which worsens hurricanes, drought, is…
WASHINGTON (AP): After three nasty years, the La Niña weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens western drought is gone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Caribbean Food Security at Risk from The Impact of…
On an ordinary day, you get in, start your vehicle, turn on your favourite radio station, and drive to work. While bopping your head and humming to a catchy tune, you hear “We interrupt this segment…
Sea level rise poses ‘unthinkable’ risks for the…
Rising seas pose “unthinkable” risks to billions around the world, with profound implications for security, international law, human rights and the very fabric of societies, senior officials told the…
Turn words into action to get world back on track…
Support “turbocharged” efforts to get back on track to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN chief told the General Assembly on Monday. “Today, we are here to start the job of moving the…
UN disaster official reiterates urges developed…
Source: CMC The head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Mami Mizutori, says “even if lives are saved, disasters do crush livelihoods,”, as she visited some of the areas…
Seismologist not concerned by earthquake activity…
Source: Loop News About 25 quakes for 2023 so far, and citizens are urged to stay prepared Despite a 6.1 magnitude quake on January 20 and most recently a 5.1 earthquake today, both off of Guadeloupe,…