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Karen McDonald-Gayle (left), programme manager for the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica, speaks with Marcia Creary (centre), president of the Jamaica Institute of Environmental Professionals, and Akiko Fujii, deputy resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme during a press conference to announce the fourth conference on the environment, titled 'Climate Change - Caribbean Response', at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Monday.
As the negative effects of climate change continue to grab the world's attention, the Jamaica Institute of Environmental Professionals (JIEP) will host its Fourth Conference on the Environment, May 26-27.
President of JIEP, Marcia Creary, said at Monday's launch of the conference that the event will feature presentations from some of the region's most respected environmental professionals. The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, based in Belize, and regional contributors to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will also be represented.
"One of the objectives of the conference is to increase public awareness of the causes and potential impacts of climate change and potential adaptation strategies," said Creary.
She pointed out that the JIEP Conference on the Environment will present papers on a range of issues in eight sessions.
Collective solutions
Creary said that objectives were also to discuss collective solutions and adaptation strategies for the Caribbean, to highlight specific initiatives that have been undertaken globally, regionally and locally to address the issue of climate change.
The biannual conference, themed 'Climate Change: Caribbean Response', will be held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.