The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has prepared this frameworkĀ document at the request of CARICOM Heads of State participating in the First Congress for theĀ Environmental Charter and Climatic Change, held at Ćvila Mountain, Caracas, 11-13 October
2007.
Ā The strategic vision driving this regional strategy is to lay the ground for a āregionalĀ society and economy that is resilient to a changing climate.ā The seriousness of the challengeĀ global climate change (GCC) poses to the development prospects of small island and low-lying
climate change
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Crime and climate change were the major topics of discussion between the Prime Minister of The Bahamas the Rt Honourable Perry Christie and the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the Prime Ministerās Nassau office on Thursday.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The issue of crime and security as one of the greatest threats to development in the Caribbean was at the core of discussions on Wednesday between the Honourable Dr Bernard Nottage, Minister of National Security of The Bahamas and Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbeanās capacity to respond to climate change will be strengthened with an injection of 4.9 million pounds from the United Kingdomās Department for International Development (DFID).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is urging the United States to commit to the outcome of the Cancun Climate Change Conference.
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque made the call at the accreditation ceremony of the new US Ambassador to the Community, His Excellency D, Brent Hardt at the CARICOM Secretariatās Georgetown, Guyana headquarters on Tuesday.
This is the caricom implementation plan for the āregional framework for achieving development resilien t to climate changeā (the regional framework) which defines the regionās strategic approach for coping with climate change. CARICOM countries have considerable cause for concern a as the threats posed by a changing climate to their development prospects are severe and both mitigation and adaptation will require a significant and sustained investment of resources that the member states will be unable to provide on their own .
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) āThe worldās pledged generosity to Haiti has little value until and unless it translates into improved conditions for the people of that country.ā
This is the view of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Acting Secretary-General as she received, on Thursday, Letters of Credence from the Plenipotentiary RepresentativeĀ of Italy to CARICOM, His Excellency Paolo Serpi, at the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on Thursday unveiled a campaign to promote the Regionās collective position on climate change, ahead of the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 7-18 December, 2009.
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We,the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community, at our Thirtieth Meeting of the Conference in Liliendaal, Guyana from 2ā5 July 2009, affirm our commitment to the principles and objectives of the Caribbean Community as embodied in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy -
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Let me begin by being quite relevant, in extending a pleasant climatic and environmentally peaceful day to all of you. It is a real pleasure, and a genuine honour, to welcome you to this Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change and Development. Indeed, I feel particularly honoured to welcome you today in my capacity as CARICOMās lead Head of Government with responsibility for the Sustainable Development portfolio, which includes Climate Change.