ECOSOC/7092 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCILPLENARY 2022 SESSION, 28TH & 29TH MEETINGS (AM & PM) Speakers Underscore Existential Threat Posed to Humanity by Climate Change The Economic and Social Council...
Climate change is a global crisis. In 2021, record setting climate disasters ranged from locust plagues in Kenya, to sandstorms in China, to megadrought fueled wildfires across the Western U.S...
Introduction Latin America and the Caribbean is home to diverse natural hazards, including recurrent climate shocks linked to the El Niño and La Niña phenomena, earthquakes, droughts, floods,...
BRIDGETOWN -- Se estima que 2,8 millones de personas o casi el 40% de la población en el Caribe de habla inglesa padece inseguridad alimentaria, 1 millón más que en abril de 2020, según los...
BRIDGETOWN – An estimated 2.8 million people or nearly 40 percent of the population in the English-speaking Caribbean is food insecure, 1 million more than in April 2020, according to the results of...
Summary Across the globe impacts from climate-related events are increasing, particularly in ocean and coastal zones. According to the IPCC’s Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing...
In 2021, countries across the Caribbean continued to be challenged by the impacts of the climate crisis, increasing national debt and weakening economies, and the ongoing pandemic. For persons living...
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) experience a range of natural hazards, including droughts, earthquakes, floods, forest fires, hurricanes, landslides, tsunamis, and volcanoes. In FY...
Overview In this edition of the COVID-19 Weekly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include: WHO scales-up sub-regional training on intra and...
We, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community strongly condemn the military attacks and invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and call for an immediate ceasefire and an end...