Young people have an increasingly strong social and environmental awareness and are key actors in climate action. The Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago in particular, is extremely vulnerable to climate change and must learn to become resilient to impacts. Integrating young people is a guaranteed way to become more resilient. This study is the first of its kind in the Caribbean and will set a baseline for data on youth engagement

Land use and land cover (LULC) changes affects the hydrological cycle and can intensify the impacts of hydrometeorological events such as flooding. Flooding often has disastrous consequences for communities and livelihoods. This justifies the need for spatial and temporal analysis of LULC change. In the Kwakwani watershed in Guyana, the largest impacts from floods were experienced in 2021 and 2022, resulting in losses to crops, livestock, infrastructure, and income.

Tropical Storm Bret was the third named tropical cyclone of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season. On 22 and 23 June, Bret passed over Barbados and the Windward Islands.Tropical-storm-force winds spread over Barbados, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. At the time of writing this report, Bret was about to pass north of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, and was expected to dissipate within a few hours.