climate change

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Diplomatic relations spanning 36 years between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba will be consolidated at the Third CARICOM/Cuba Summit, as Caribbean leaders seek to explore and exchange ideas on how to solve critical issues affecting the Region.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When it comes to the earth’s changing climate, the people of the Arctic and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have a message for the world – the time for action is now.

This message is supported by the recently released report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which highlights the vulnerability of the Polar Regions and small island states to climate change.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Climate Change and Energy issues are among the items on the agenda of the Second Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Integration System of Central America (SICA) who meet in Belize on Saturday 12 May 2007.

The one-day meeting will be preceded on the afternoon of 11 May by a meeting between the Foreign Ministers of CARICOM and Central America also in Belize. The CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) has been meeting in Belize from 10 May.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Against the background of dire warnings of the short and long-term effects of climate change on the Caribbean, Regional scientists have called for a change in individual behaviours and practices, a more integrated approach and political intervention at the highest level to mitigate those impacts.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) The objective of the briefing organized by Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on April 23, 2007 is to disseminate the results of the IPCC’s latest assessment report on climate change and in particular the impacts on the Caribbean.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On Monday 23 April 2007, the CARICOM Secretariat will host a Press Briefing on climate change for the Caribbean media. Organized by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), and the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the briefing will highlight the results of the IPCC’s latest assessment report on climate change and in particular the impacts on the Caribbean.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington concluded and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Tuesday 1 August between the CARICOM Secretariat, on behalf of the Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) Project, and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC). Dr Kenrick Leslie, the Executive Director of the Centre, signed on its behalf at the ceremony which took place one year after the official opening of the CCCCC.

Regional experts on Climate Variability and Change in the Caribbean will meet in Barbados 25-27 October 2004 to prepare a joint plan of action for Regional risk reduction. They will also review specific issues including disaster management, adaptation to climate change, and the increasing risk and frequency of weather-related disasters.