CDB launches reform plan to limit effects of climate change, economic shocks Ricardo Roberts03/06/2026050 views 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… Read more
Loss-and-damage fund may come to fishing industry’s aid Emmanuel Joseph13/05/2026084 views 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… Read more
Climate workshop urges urgent action as Caribbean faces ‘lived reality’ Emmanuel Joseph06/05/2026077 views 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… Read more
Symmonds: ‘Don’t depend on US to support what matters to us’ Barbados Today10/01/20260253 views 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… Read more
Maritime industry turns to data for climate policy shift Lourianne Graham05/12/2025099 views 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… Read more
Annual kettle appeal to ‘lend helping hand’ to hurricane-hit Jamaica Barbados Today08/11/2025034 views Barbadians are being urged to give generously this season as the Salvation Army launches its Christmas Kettle Appeal — with a special focus on aiding Jamaica’s recovery from the devastation… Read more
‘New money’: UWI researchers to design new islands climate finance framework Emmanuel Joseph01/11/20250166 views Two University of the West Indies researchers are fronting a bold new funding mechanism to channel concessional climate finance to small developing states, including Barbados, under a One Health climate-resilience… Read more
Hurricane Erin explodes in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean Barbados Today16/08/202502.8K views SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a… Read more
Barbadian youth leader Ashley Lashley appointed to UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change Barbados Today12/08/20250480 views United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of fourteen young climate leaders to the third cohort of his Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, including Ashley Lashley of… Read more
Barbados warns of deepening climate frustration ahead of COP30 Emmanuel Joseph10/07/20250137 views Barbados has warned that mounting frustration and broken promises on climate finance are eroding trust among developing nations, as the government prepares for the COP30 United Nations Climate Change Conference… Read more