Source: UN News © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke Young Haitians are calling for peace and stability in the troubled Caribbean nation. 19 February 2025 Peace and Security In an address on Wednesday to Caribbean leaders meeting in Barbados, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced a potential plan to support an “effective force” in Haiti as armed gangs continue to … Continue reading Guterres urges Caribbean leaders to keep pushing for peace, climate action
Category: Climate Justice
Dr. James Fletcher Source: CCREEE As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) seeks to enhance its leadership in global climate forums, Dr James Fletcher, former Minister for Public Service, Information, Broadcasting, Sustainable Development, Energy, Science and Technology of Saint Lucia, has been appointed CARICOM Climate Envoy with effect from 1 January 2025. This follows a 2024 Decision … Continue reading CARICOM appoints Climate Envoy to ensure that the Region’s climate priorities are effectively communicated and advanced at the highest diplomatic levels
It is very interesting to get a look inside the ICJ and to hear some of the argumentaton being put forward in this important proceeding. Summary The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. Description The International … Continue reading The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the advisory proceedings on Climate Change
First comprehensive study on health and climate change in small island developing states lays bare impact of the crisis and calls for action from richer countries Source: The Guardian. Omar Soloman and Keysha Hill survey the wreckage of Soloman’s shop in Old Harbour, Jamaica, after it was destroyed by Hurricane Beryl in July. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty … Continue reading Small island nations face climate-induced ‘catastrophe’, warn experts
Caribbean blogger Emma Lewis has a good story on Jamaica's participation before the International Court of Justice with respect to The Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. https://petchary.wordpress.com/2024/12/08/jamaica-speaks-at-the-un-s-international-court-of-justice-a-case-for-reparation-rights-and-redress/
For those who were not able to attend our Research Symposium at McMaster University in October... you missed some great presentations. One of the most powerful addresses was from Senator Elizabeth Thompson of Barbados. Her professional experience and background made her an ideal keynote speaker. And the fact she is from the Caribbean means she … Continue reading Climate Change: Senator Thompson of Barbados tells it like it is
Source: EuroNews. International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands By Kieran Guilbert Published on 02/12/2024 A major case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) may pave the way for more climate change litigation and help for poorer and vulnerable states. Despite the nearly 13,000 kilometres between the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao … Continue reading Small island states seek climate change justice in landmark top UN court case
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley joined regional leaders in Bridgetown, Barbados for a meeting with a bipartisan United States Congressional delegation on Saturday. The meeting focused on several issues including security, economic and climate goals for the US and CARICOM. The Bridgetown Initiative is a call for urgent and … Continue reading Caricom pushes Barbados Initiative
The Guardian, by Fiona Harvey, November 16, 2024 Leaders of the world’s biggest economies meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Monday must agree to provide the finance that the world’s poorest need to tackle the climate crisis or face “economic carnage”, the UN has warned. The G20 nations are about to gather in Brazil for … Continue reading UN warns of ‘economic carnage’ if G20 leaders cannot agree on climate finance for poor countries
People arrive for the COP29 UN Climate Summit, Nov. 13, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) By Bonny Ibhawoh November 13, 2024 Environment & Sustainability Equity & Prosperity In a cruel case of injustice heaped upon injustice, the people who stand to suffer the most from climate change have the least responsibility for causing it and … Continue reading Analysis: Climate inequality must take centre stage at COP29