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disaster management

Harsh climate: Commonwealth SG warns of existential threat

Michelle Nurse Nov 29, 2017 0

The Caribbean needs help from the international community now more than ever, as it seeks to build resilience to changing weather patterns and the impact on its economies, Commonwealth Secretary General, Baroness Patricia Scotland has said.…
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Region must adapt to the reality of climate change – CARICOM SG

Tusankine English Nov 20, 2017 0

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is mobilising resources to support reconstruction of hurricane-ravaged Member States to build back smarter and better, against the existential threat of climate change. Secretary-General of CARICOM,…
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Help SIDS to help themselves – PM Chastanet issues call at COP23

Michelle Nurse Nov 16, 2017 0

"I call on developed countries to help SIDS help themselves. We cannot wait till 2020 to see finance to deal with the emergency situations, build resilience in our countries as far as possible, and the loss and damage that is already…
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Building back better: The Caribbean’s wind of change

Michelle Nurse Nov 13, 2017 0

British billionaire Richard Branson called it a Marshall Plan for the Caribbean. Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne called it ”building on a sustainable basis in order to limit the impact” of future natural disaster.…
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Dominica Press Conference

Michelle Nurse Nov 13, 2017 0