Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Environment are currently meeting in Guyana to discuss matters relating to sustainable development, environment and climate change:
This is the Third Joint Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and the Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which will be co-chaired by Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.
The meeting will address issues related to water management, climate change and renewable energy, sustainable land management within the Caribbean Community, preparations for the Mauritius Strategy, sustainable consumption and production in the Caribbean and the Environment Pillar of the CARICOM Action Plan for Social Development and Crime Prevention.
However, the Meeting will focus primarily on the progress of the Community in formulating a regional environmental policy which would provide guidelines for the conduct of business at the national level with respect to managing the environment and natural resources. To date, base line data are being gathered through needs assessment and gap analyses to frame the policy, which is scheduled for completion December 2012.
Find out more in this press release from the CARICOM Secretariat.
