{"id":253667,"date":"2025-10-13T08:50:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=253667"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:12:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:12:02","slug":"caricom-gathers-in-saint-lucia-for-crucial-second-preparatory-meeting-for-cop30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/caricom-gathers-in-saint-lucia-for-crucial-second-preparatory-meeting-for-cop30\/","title":{"rendered":"CARICOM Gathers in Saint Lucia for Crucial Second Preparatory Meeting for COP30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2545711402\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Region Deepens Coordination Ahead of Global Climate Summit in Belem, Brazil.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFMdgE6mYPT8QGXjA0A\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p><div 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-90347244\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1320\/h:730\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1320\/h:730\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:166\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:566\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:425\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:696\/h:385\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1320\" height=\"730\"   \/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>CARICOM leaders convened in Saint Lucia from <strong>October 7\u201310, 2025<\/strong>, for the <strong>Second Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) <\/strong>to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). <\/p><div id=\"antig-1700208032\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" 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696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosted by the <strong>Government of Saint Lucia <\/strong>in collaboration with the <strong>Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)<\/strong>, these meetings were a critical step in finalizing the region\u2019s negotiating priorities and unified stance ahead of COP30 in <strong>Bel\u00e9m, Brazil<\/strong>, in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This second preparatory meeting builds on the momentum of the successful first convening held earlier this year in Miami and underscores the region\u2019s steadfast commitment to advancing a unified Caribbean voice in global climate negotiations, ensuring that the priorities, challenges, and aspirations of Caribbean people are powerfully represented and defended on the world stage.<\/p><div id=\"antig-510398013\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img 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region\u2019s unwavering position on climate finance as a central pillar of Caribbean advocacy:<\/p><div id=\"antig-679877680\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_1115\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cClimate finance remains the cornerstone of our advocacy.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"antig-3336811320\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em> While global pledges have increased, contributions lag well behind, and disbursements remain slow, fragmented, and inaccessible.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em> Small Island Developing States (SIDS) continue to face complex bureaucratic hurdles, eligibility constraints, and inadequate support for adaptation and loss and damage.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These priorities include demands for recognition of the unique vulnerabilities that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face in climate finance eligibility, reform of multilateral<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>climate finance architecture to ensure equity, transparency, and responsiveness, and a scaled-up and simplified Loss and Damage Fund with direct access modalities for SIDS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four-day meeting convened a diverse and high-level group of stakeholders from across the Caribbean, including Ministers, technical experts, COP negotiators, and representatives from civil society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their collective presence exhibits the region\u2019s commitment to a whole-of-society approach to climate action, one that is inclusive, informed by evidence, and grounded in the lived realities of Caribbean people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colin Young, PhD, <\/strong>Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), stressed that the region\u2019s strength has always been in its unity and moral clarity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated, \u201cWhen we speak with one voice, the world listens\u2014even if slowly, even if imperfectly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The COP, as imperfect as it is, is still the best forum for SIDS to influence global climate action and policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> We have triumphed before: Paris Agreement temperature goal, <em>Loss and Damage Fund, and recently, our quest has been recognized by the advisory opinions issued for the last year. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Indeed, while the \u201carch of the moral universe is long, it bends towards justice.\u201d We need your voices, we need your leadership, and we need your solidarity more now than ever.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Caribbean stands on the frontline of the global climate crisis, confronting rising sea levels, stronger hurricanes, prolonged droughts, and accelerating coastal erosion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These impacts threaten not only food and water security, public health, and infrastructure, but the very fabric of Caribbean life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Caribbean Small Island Developing States, the battle against climate change is far more than a policy priority; it is a fight for survival, resilience, and the preservation of our people and way of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-END \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFMdgE6mYPT8QGXjA0A\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFMdgE6mYPT8QGXjA0A\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFMdgE6mYPT8QGXjA0A\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaFMdgE6mYPT8QGXjA0A\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT\u2019S APP GROUP<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a 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