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Caribbean leaders launch ambitious plan to create the world’s first “climate-smart zone”
Paris, 12 December 2017 – The Caribbean Climate-Smart Coalition seeks rapid implementation of US $8 billion climate investment plan that will transform regional energy system, build resiliency, drive economic growth…
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Dominicans start paving their way to a more resilient future
Roseau – 12 December – Over 800 hurricane-affected Dominicans have received training and are being temporarily employed as part of the National Employment Programme, a UNDP-backed strategy to place affected…
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ECLAC Advocates for Debt Relief for Hurricane-Ravaged Caribbean Countries
NEW YORK, United States, Wednesday November 22, 2017 – The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has presented a debt for climate adaptation swaps proposal…
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PM Harris addresses financing challenges for some SIDS
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, November 22, 2017 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris has expressed the view that the classification…
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Statement by Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis
Mr. Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary General; CARICOM Chair, Prime Minister of Grenada Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Michell; colleague Heads; members of the donor community, and Excellencies. The convening…
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PM Harris Joins UN Secretary-General in calling for a new and better approach to assisting in the Caribbean’s Development
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, NOVEMBER 22ND, 2017 (PRESS SEC) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, presented his country’s vision for the level of climate resilience…