PRESS RELEASE – (City of Belmopan, Belize; April 28, 2021.) The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and Ciudades Capitales de las Americas frente al Cambio Climático Secretariado (CC35) cement closer ties to reinforce the Region’s commitment to the fulfilment of the Paris Agreement. On April 17, 2021, the two Agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an alliance framework to implement various climate change actions aimed at strengthening the Caribbean and Latin America.
Executive Director of the CCCCC, Dr Colin Young, indicated that the MoU with CC35 represents “an important strategic partnership that will allow the Centre to leverage its technical expertise and experience in the Region to advance actions that are aligned with the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals and that would improve long-term resilience to climate change”.
The MOU will establish a framework for collaboration between the Centre and CC35 in the development and implementation of partnership activities to develop and establish a long-term program in areas that include:
- the implementation of adaptation measures to make cities more resilient,
- zero emissions legislation;
- financing mechanisms focused on risk and insurance of cities for greater resilience;
- environmental refugees and migration-food security.
- communication and community awareness.
Secretary General of the CC35, Mr Sebastian Navarro “urges countries and cities in the region to declare a climate emergency and join the carbon neutrality pledge by 2050. It is time to build a solid and permanent bridge between the voices of the capital cities of the Caribbean and Latin America.”
CC35 is a non-partisan, membership organization which facilitates collaboration between the public and private sectors to achieve an accelerated impact of the Paris Agreement through the leadership of the mayors of the capital cities of the Latin Americas and the Caribbean. This is achieved through the leveraging of annual global events and strong partnerships that connect new clean solutions to decision makers to advance goals.
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The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre is an inter-governmental Caribbean Community (CARICOM) institution that is mandated by the CARICOM Heads of Government to coordinate the Region’s response to climate change. We maintain the Caribbean’s most extensive repository of information and data on climate change specific to the region, which in part enables us to provide climate change-related policy advice and guidelines to CARICOM Member States. In this role, the Centre is recognized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations Environment Programme, and other international agencies as the focal point for climate change issues in the Caribbean. The Centre is also one of the few institutions recognized as a Centre of Excellence by United Nations Institute for Training and Research. CCCCC is empowering the Caribbean Community to act on climate change. -END-
