Events

Join our Coordinator Mr. Christopher Corbin along with 700+ delegates on June 7-8, 2023 at the Caribbean Water Conference as we tackle the challenges of water access in the Caribbean. Register at:https://waterislife2023.com  

This month’s Caribbean Community Hangout aims to bring together a diverse range of experts  to share knowledge, best practices, and innovative solutions for addressing the sargassum crisis in the Caribbean region. The Caribbean is home to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The sky is a perfect shade of blue, the sand has a pristine white tone, and the water is teeming with life. But in the past months, if you walk closer to the water, you start to notice something amiss. 

UNEP, UNEP CCS, UN Women and “Zero Waste in the Caribbean: New Ways, New Waves” are organizing the webinar “Gender perspective and experience on climate change and waste in the Caribbean”.

The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) is pleased to invite you to REGISTER for its 2nd Virt

Healthy coral reefs are critical for sustaining local economies and livelihoods, particularly through supporting tourism. In the Caribbean alone, reef-associated tourism—including both on-reef and reef-adjacent activities—brings in over $7.9 billion from the more than 11 million visitors engaging in these activities every year.

2022 marked 50 years since the United Nations Conference on the Environment. At the first special session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) commemorating fifty years since the establishment of the UNEP@50, countries discussed UNEP’s role in the Science-Policy Interface, reflecting on past successes and considering the challenges ahead.

This webinar, organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, will introduce the “Busan Outcome” - the outcome of the 3rd Meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations (RSOs) and Regional Fishery Bodies (RFBs). In October 2022, we participated in the 3rd Meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Global Dialogue with RSOs and RFBs which convened in Busan, Republic of Korea.

In collaboration with the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)- Secretariat of the Cartagena Convention, the Mexican Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AMEXCID), the Centre for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV), and the Regional Training and Technology Transfer Centre of the Basel Convention for the Caribbean (BCRC-Caribbean), the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) invites you to join us for a 5 day seminar that aims to increase regional understanding of the origin of plastic wa

Within the framework of the CARIB-COAST project (Caribbean network for coastal risks related with climate change), the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières - BRGM) is hosting an online webinar on hydrodynamics observation and modelling in the Caribbean.   Date: Thursday 8th September 2022. Time: 7:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.(GMT-5) Agenda :

In 2021, the Cartagena Convention Secretariat celebrated 35 years since the entry into force of the Convention. A video was commissioned to commemorate this milestone achievement and highlight the importance and benefit of the Convention and its Protocols to the governments and peoples of the Wider Caribbean.

The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) has partnered with the GEF CReW+ Project, UNEP – Cartagena Convention Secretariat and the Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP), the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), and Caribbean WaterNet (Cap-Net) to build capacity and drive regional reforms for Integrated Wastewater Management.

The Ridge to Reef Integrated Management Project of the Mesoamerican Reef ecoregion- MAR2R/CCAD/WWF-GEF, the UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat and Mesoamerican Reef Fund -MAR Fund will host a virtual launch of the Manual for the ecological restoration of mangroves in the Mesoamerican Region and the Wider Caribbean.   Date: December 1, 2021

Through the generous support of the Nippon Foundation, the World Maritime University WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute is implementing, the "Closing the Circle" Programme: Exploring challenges and advancing potential solutions to marine debris, sargassum threats and marine spatial planning (MSP) in Small Island Developing States with a particular focus on the Eastern Caribbean region.

A TALANOA session on how effective the role of women, youth and communities are, in the implementation of the regional multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) addressing Waste. The expert panel will contribute to the TALANOA as follows:

We present different experiences of small-scale decentralized treatment and reuse systems in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Lecturer: Gustavo Heredia, Water and sanitation specialist To register, please visit: https://academy.gefcrew.org/en/available-courses/33-session-5?date=2021-09-30-09-00 Time: 9:00am (GMT-6) Platform: MS Teams

We will analyze different experiences in the field of collective treatment and reuse systems in agricultural and industrial applications at the urban level. This session will present different experiences in Latin American countries: Case 1: Brazil (Aquapolo Grande). Case 2: Chile (Mapocho) Case 3: Mexico (Lake Patzcuaro) Case 4: Dominican Republic (La Vega) Lecturer: Gustavo Heredia, Water and Sanitation Specialist

The treatment and reuse of wastewater generates a series of costs, but also opportunities and benefits. This session will present financial models and tools for cost determination, quantification of benefits and different business models to ensure the socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of the projects. During the session participants will learn about: