The University of the West Indies, Mona and CARICOM’s Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre are jointly hosting a conference on Climate Change Impacts on the Caribbean. The conference will pay special attention to the tourism and insurance industries. In the context of the recently released report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), this conference will focus on many of the findings of direct relevance to the Caribbean, and take an assessment of our responses to these changes so far.

The conference begins with an Opening Ceremony on Friday June 15 at the Mona Visitor’s Lodge, where Professor Anthony Chen, Department of Physics, UWI, Mona and Dr. Leonard Nurse, Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), Cave Hill and Chairman of the Board of the Climate Change Centre will give keynote presentations.

The conference follows at the Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, UWI, Mona on June 16 - 17, beginning at 8:30 a.m. daily. It seeks to address the Impact of Climate Change on several aspects of economic development, and to establish the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre in the public’s consciousness.

Scholars, policy makers, consultants, private sector leaders, and civil society activists from across the Caribbean will make panel presentations addressing topics including: Climate Change and the Caribbean, Climate Change and Tourism in the Caribbean, Climate Change and Insurance in the Caribbean, and International Community and Climate Change.

The public and these University community are invited to participate in the discussions. For further information contact Dr. Michael Witter at 977-1188 or Lesmarie Hall at 977 6431.