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Earthquake rattles parts of country
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 on the Richter scale rattled Thiotte in the South-East Department of Haiti on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or loss…
UK breaks record for highest temperature as Europe…
LONDON (AP): Britain shattered its record for the highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe, as the UK’s national weather forecaster said such highs…
Earthquake rattles twin-island nation
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rattled Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday afternoon, the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of The University of the West…
St. Kitts And Nevis Launches NDC Implementation…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 12, 2022 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis launched its National Determined Contribution (NDC) Implementation Plan to address climate issues at a significant…
COP26 Fell Short Of CARICOM’s Expectations
Source : Caricom Today The United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26), held last month in Glasgow, failed to deliver on what the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) expected from the meeting,…
Caribbean Community Chair Urges Legal Action On…
News Americas, LONDON, England, Mon. Nov. 15, 2021: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Caricom chairman Gaston Browne is among small island states dissatisfied the fund they had called for had…
COP 26 a public relations exercise, says Antigua’s…
St John’s – Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne has described the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in Glasgow as a “public relations exercise”, even as he…
AOSIS Ministers finalize COP26 Decisions
Glasgow, Scotland, November 3, 2021—As climate-vulnerable countries continue to push for meaningful outcomes from the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) taking place in Glasgow, Scotland,…
St. Kitts And Nevis’ Revised NDC And…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 02, 2021 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis’ National Determined Contribution (NDC) and Implementation Plan was successfully launched at the United Nations…
SIDS do not need death sentence – Mottley
EDINBURGH, Scotland (CMC): Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Monday urged the international community to agree to a 1.5 degree Celsius mark regarding the environment, warning that anything higher…
CARICOM Climate Change Ministers demand climate…
As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) readies itself for participation in the upcoming global Climate Change conference, COP 26, it issued a pre-Conference Declaration this week giving notice that the…
UN chief urges Caribbean to mitigate climate…
UNITED NATIONS (CMC): In a message celebrating World Cities Day on Sunday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the Caribbean and other countries to mitigate climate risks and…
Press Release : Regional Dialogue on Human…
4 October 2021, Roseau – Honourable Prime Minister of Grenada and Chairman of the OECS Authority, the RT Hon. Dr. Keith Mitchell threw his full support behind the movement towards increased…
UNFPA Caribbean launches guidelines for emergency…
UNFPA has taken another step to ensure that the sexual and reproductive health and rights needs of women and girls, men and boys and other vulnerable populations are prioritized in emergency settings…
Earth Today | OECS strategy to guide civil society…
THE ORGANISATION of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission is developing a strategy to enhance the engagement of civil society and private sector stakeholders across the Eastern Caribbean in…