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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,…
CDEMA’s Chairman wants the regional public to take…
Bridgetown, Barbados – Chairman of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Honourable Shawn Edward intends to raise the level of awareness about managing disasters and mitigating…
St. Lucia one more step closer to make west…
Source: TFI Global Saint Lucia has joined the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS). The environmental body’s purpose is to demand climate justice for…
CARPII Project Launched in the OECS
OECS Media Release The Collectivité Territorial de Martinique hosted an international seminar on October 24– 26,2022, entitled, Resilience of Overseas Territories to Natural and Major Technological…
OECS United in the Fight Against Climate Change at…
OECS Media Release The United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or COP27, ended on November 20, 2022, with what has been called historic outcomes. The two-week conference, which…
Earthquake reported near Antigua and Barbuda
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake was recorded northeast of Antigua and Barbuda on 2022-11-25 at 09:48 am (Local Time) The UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI SRC) said it occurred around 9:48 am local time at…
OECS and PIRAC Host Joint Side Event at COP27
Joint Media Release | OECS and French Red Cross (FRC) The OECS and the French Red Cross (FRC) through its Regional Platform for the Americas and the Caribbean (PIRAC), hosted a side event at COP27 –…
COP27 delivers climate fund breakthrough at cost…
Source: IBT Countries closed this year's U.N. climate summit on Sunday with a hard-fought deal to create a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters, even as many lamented its…