The 36th Regular Meeting of Caricom Heads adopted the Caricom Declaration for Climate Action which outlines the Region’s priorities and called for urgent global action, citing extreme weather events here and in other countries.
Heads of Government recognised “that climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet and thus requires to be urgently addressed by all Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the Convention)” a statement released at the close of the July 2-4 meeting, held in Bridgetown, Barbados, said. The Declaration acknowledges the