Treat Climate Crisis with ‘Greatest Urgency’, Bahamas PM Tells UN Assembly

Treat Climate Crisis with ‘Greatest Urgency’, Bahamas PM Tells UN Assembly

Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis addressing the UN General Assembly. (Photo credit: UN/Loey Felipe) NEW YORK, NY, United States – Hurricane Dorian, one of the most destructive Atlantic storms ever recorded, “is a generational tragedy” for The Bahamas, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis has told the UN General Assembly. And he has urged fellow world leaders […]

Jamaica calls for partnership approach to financing impact of climate change

Jamaica calls for partnership approach to financing impact of climate change

Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak   UNITED NATIONS (CMC) – Jamaica says it believes a partnership approach is required in order to generate the type of response needed to create long-term mobilisation of the financial resources small island developing states (SIDS) […]

Regional countries seeking support for dealing with climate change impact

Regional countries seeking support for dealing with climate change impact

St Lucia’s Prime Minister Allen Chastanet CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — Caribbean countries have welcomed an initiative by the SIDS Resilience Foundation and Project Lodge designed to mobilise financing to build resilience, St Lucia’s Prime Minister Allen Chastanet has said. Chastanet, who chaired the just ended Caribbean Community (CARICOM) summit here, said that a presentation […]

Developing countries urge recapitalization of the Climate Investment Funds

Developing countries urge recapitalization of the Climate Investment Funds

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — More than 30 developing countries, including those in the Caribbean, are calling for a recapitalization of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) in response to the worsening impact of climate change and sweeping finance gaps for low-carbon development. The calls have come as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World […]

IDB commends Jamaica on climate change activities

IDB commends Jamaica on climate change activities

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has commended Jamaica on its work to advance activities relating to its climate change agenda. “Jamaica is in a position of leadership. You are way ahead of a lot of countries in this realm,” said chief of operations, IDB Jamaica, Adriana La Valley, who was speaking at a Capacity-building Initiative […]