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building resilience to disasters and climate change

Five Caribbean Governments get Complementary Climate Funding

Michelle Nurse Jun 22, 2020

(United Nations Development Prorgamme) The world, in grappling with the current COVID-19 pandemic, has had a stark reminder of how disasters disproportionally affect the vulnerable. The disease is having a particularly dramatic impact on…
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Message from CARICOM Chairman Honourable Allen M. Chastanet on the situation in The Bahamas…

Volderine Hackett Sep 3, 2019 0

Today, the hearts of the people of the Caribbean are heavy. Once again one of our Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States has been devastated by a dangerous hurricane as our Region continues to experience the effects of climate change.…
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Jamaica calls for comprehensive climate change impact review

Michelle Nurse Nov 30, 2018 0

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Jamaica yesterday called for a comprehensive review of the impact of climate change on the Caribbean, including the “cancers” not yet integrated into the process, as it also reiterated a call for the…
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