Climate Change

As water outages continue to plague various communities across the island, more Barbadians are purchasing their own water storage tanks as a contingency plan when their pipes suddenly stop running. …

The public is being urged to guard against heat exhaustion, dehydration, heat stroke and fainting as hot conditions are expected to persist across Barbados through September and October. According to …

The 2026-2027 El Niño could affect jobs and livelihoods across the Caribbean, with agriculture, fisheries and tourism identified among the sectors most exposed to the climate phenomenon, according to a …

Caribbean governments and communities must urgently rethink how they prepare for increasingly complex and compounding climate threats, with a shift towards anticipatory risk management that places people at the centre …

Amid escalating global economic uncertainty, severe climate volatility, and shrinking international financing, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has launched a bold blueprint for regional transformation. ​Speaking at the opening ceremony …

The fishing industry, slowly recovering from Hurricane Beryl’s battering two years ago, may be in line for fresh funding from the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD).  The …

Caribbean officials have warned that the region is on course for increasingly devastating climate impacts, with global temperatures edging towards a three-degree Celsius rise, as they called for immediate, practical …

Barbados must recalibrate its global partnerships as a shift in US foreign policy threatens support for climate and renewable energy causes that are central to the nation’s interests, Minister of …

Barbados is turning to data-driven innovation to better navigate the climate and trade challenges reshaping its maritime industry, as officials and experts met Thursday for a national workshop aimed at …