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September 26, 2019

Caribbean islands cannot survive climate change,” says Barbados Prime Minister

"The real solution is for us to not keep asking people to make commitments that are small ... but the global community must accept it is [...]
August 25, 2019

Brazilian President deploys military to fight Amazon forest fires amidst mounting international pressure

Earlier today, the Brazilian military released a video of a warplane dropping water on an area in the forest, which currently has over 2,500 active fires. [...]
August 25, 2019

Region suffering from drought, Belize hit the hardest

GDACS data says that Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and El Salvador have all been affected by the drought, noting that Belize is among the hardest [...]
August 17, 2019

Sargassum hits Belize hard

Breaking Belize News has confirmed that beaches in Placencia are now covered with the seaweed, which emits a putrid odor when it begins to decompose. The [...]
August 5, 2019

July 2019 was the hottest month ever

The C3S said that the month marginally beat out the month that previously held the record, July 2016, by 0.04 degrees Celsius (0.072 Fahrenheit) but also [...]
July 1, 2019

Ambassador Lois Young calls out countries for trying to “erase science” at UN Climate Change meeting

Young, speaking at the Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB50) hosted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) last week, said several oil-producing countries [...]
October 1, 2018

Caribbean to benefit from US $34.5 million grant for climate resilience from United Arab Emirates 

By BBN Staff: Belize is among several Caribbean countries to benefit from US $34.5 million worth of grant aid from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) toward renewable [...]
August 3, 2018

SICA Environment Ministers discuss climate change action plan for the region

By BBN Staff: In taking office today of the Pro Tempore Presidency (PTP) of the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD) (the environmental branch [...]