UN News - Most of the globe was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and our daily lives”, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday. According to the agency’s first report on global water resources, unusually dry areas included South
The Caribbean's appeal and reminder to help vulnerable countries mitigate the effects of climate change has been heard. This year's U.N. summit on climate change delivered a promise to create a climate fund on Sunday, a hard-fought deal made by countries despite the lack of ambition
COP27 closing statement from AOSIS Chair, The Honourable Minister Molwyn Joseph, Antigua and Barbuda AOSIS promised the world we would not leave Sharm El Sheikh without achieving the establishment of a loss and damage response fund. A mission thirty years in the making has been accomplished. We
In a potential boost for the COP27 climate talks, leaders at the G20 summit in Bali agreed to pursue efforts to limit the increase in global temperatures to 1.5ºCelsius and acknowledged the need to accelerate efforts to phase out coal use. At the UN climate meeting
After torrential rains that caused ravaging flash floods in Dominica early this week, residents in some parts of the island found themselves with limited access to water supply. On its Facebook page, Dominica Water and Sewerage Company Limited (DOWASCO) apologized for the "unannounced" water interruption. "This interruption
UN News - The impact of climate change on health, if carbon emissions remain high, could be up to twice as deadly as cancer in some parts of the world, according to new data released on Friday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the
UN News - Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past 30 years – the highest of any continent in the world. As the warming trend continues, exceptional heat, wildfires, floods and other climate change impacts will affect
UN News - This year’s UN Climate Conference takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, against extreme weather events worldwide, an energy crisis propelled by the war in Ukraine, and scientific data reiterating that the world is not doing enough to tackle carbon emissions and protect the
Ahead of this year’s pivotal climate change talks, to take place in Egypt at COP27, the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has engaged in a milestone national Pre-COP Consultation. The workshop, entitled “Prelude to COP27: How Trinidad and Tobago Can Lead the
We must learn together, or we will stagnate apart. This is the clarion call of Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit as he urged his fellow leaders to take concrete actions to address climate change in a two-day conference on Building a Science and Data Based Agenda
