The Government of the Virgin Islands is seeking to amend the Climate Change Trust Fund Act to allow for greater access to various types of regional and international funding avenues to address issues relative to Climate Change and the environment.

Land owners with property along the Nibbs Ghut in Sea Cows Bay have been holding discussions on the installation of sedimentation traps along the ghut to reduce the extent of the flooding that affects the community.

The subject of climate adaptation and mitigation financing best practices was discussed when Organization of Eastern Caribbean States’ Ambassador Mrs. Diann Black-Layne met with Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie earlier this week.

The Government of the Virgin Islands has set about building capacity to deliver on important developmental goals.

Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie is leading a delegation to the 24^th Ministerial Council of the International Cooperation Conference and 8^th Summit of Heads of Government of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) in Managua, Nicaragua.

Contrary to suggestions made in a news article published on February 6, 2019, the ongoing Sea Defence Project along Cane Garden Bay beach is not funded by the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and is not affiliated with the OECS iLAND Resilience Project.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Honourable Kedrick Pickering is attending the 24th meeting of the parties (COP 24) in Poland.

Local author Ms. Angela Burnette has donated over 250 copies of her book ‘The Irma Diaries’ to schools across the Territory as part of her ‘Read to Heal School Programme’.

Local Climate Change Officer and Author of The Irma Diaries, Ms. Angela Burnett is in Europe using her book as a platform to make presentations on climate change.

Scores of persons from various organisations in the BVI joined hands at Long Bay Beach, Beef Island on Saturday September 8 to form a human chain spelling “One BVI” in observance of the first anniversary of Hurricane Irma.