{"id":2470,"date":"2015-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/news\/press-release-caribbean-water-ministers-will-address-water-and-climate-issues-to-help-shape-the-development-agenda\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T14:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:59:59","slug":"press-release-caribbean-water-ministers-will-address-water-and-climate-issues-to-help-shape-the-development-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/caribbean\/news\/press-release-caribbean-water-ministers-will-address-water-and-climate-issues-to-help-shape-the-development-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release – Caribbean Water Ministers Will Address Water and Climate Issues to Help Shape the Development Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the heels of establishing this new universal Agenda; Caribbean Ministers with responsibility for water resources management from more than ten (10) countries, will meet on August 27th<\/sup> and 28th<\/sup>, 2015 at the InterContinental Hotel in Miami, Florida to discuss critical regional water and climate issues. Both water and climate change are reflected as priorities in the soon to be confirmed SDGs, with Goal 6 being: \u201cEnsure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all\u201d and Goal 13 being: \u201cTake urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.\u201d<\/p>\n

This Ministerial Meeting is the 11th<\/sup> Annual High Level Forum (HLF) which is being organised by the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) and the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) in collaboration with the Global Environment Facility \u2013 funded Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management (GEF CReW) Project.  The 11th <\/sup>HLF which takes place under the theme \u201cConnecting Water to Climate, Economic Growth and Development within the Post-2015 Development Agenda\u201d<\/em> forms part of the CWWA\u2019s 24th<\/sup> Annual Conference and Exhibition which is being held in partnership with the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA).<\/p>\n

The 11th<\/sup> HLF takes place at an appropriate time to allow for discussion and collaboration on water and climate matters to help shape the sustainable development agenda of the region. This year\u2019s Forum is forward-looking with a goal of producing concrete outcomes and harmonised recommendations to guide national and regional efforts in operationalising water, wastewater and climate goals and targets for sustainable development. Some outcomes of the Forum are likely to feed into the contribution to be made by Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at the 21st<\/sup> Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December to play a pivotal part of global processes for advancing sustainable development.<\/p>\n

According to Dr. Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary-General of Human and Social Development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), who will be a keynote speaker at the 11th<\/sup> HLF \u201c<\/em>Climate change will continue to have serious implications for water resources in the region,\u201d<\/em> linking the two critical issues. He has also stated that partnership remains one of the means of implementation needed to achieve sustainable water development goals.<\/p>\n

In addition to CARICOM and the Caribbean Ministers with responsibility for water and their senior government officials, representatives from regional and international agencies such as the United Nations Environment Programme Caribbean Environment Programme (UNEP-CEP), the Caribbean Water and Sewerage Association Inc. (CAWASA), the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Pan America Health Organisation (PAHO), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) are expected to attend. Professor John Agard who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the United Nations\u2019 International Panel on Climate Change, will moderate a Ministerial panel discussion at the Forum.   <\/p>\n

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The media is invited to the Official Opening Ceremony of the 11th<\/sup> High Level Forum (HLF) at 9:00 a.m. \u2013 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 27th<\/sup>, 2015.  <\/em><\/h4>\n

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For more information on the HLF please contact: <\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n \n

Ms. Shanta Ramkissoon | Public Relations Officer | Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA)<\/h4>\n

Tel: +305 951-8990 | E-mail: shanta@roseenvironmental.net<\/a> | Website: www.cwwa.net<\/a><\/h4>\n \n

Ms. Gabrielle Lee Look | Communications Officer | Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C)<\/h4>\n

E-mail: gleelook@gwp-caribbean.org<\/a> | Website: www.gwp-caribbean.org<\/a><\/h4>\n \n

Mrs. Donna Sue Spencer | Communications Specialist | Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management (CReW)<\/h4>\n

E-mail: ds@cep.unep.org<\/a> | Website: www.gefcrew.org<\/a><\/h4>\n

Download Press Release here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Downlaod the 2015 High Level Forum Brief here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Learn more about the Annual High Level Forum here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In September, the United Nations will finalise a Post-2015 Development Agenda known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs follow and expand on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which expire at the end of the year and will be \u201cthe global community\u2019s plan of action\u201d for all dimensions of sustainable development (economic, social and environmental) for the next fifteen (15) years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,4],"tags":[11,47],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","category-news","tag-climate","tag-sdgs"],"acf":[],"spectra_custom_meta":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_sidebar_content":["field_69d4d421acab1"],"sidebar_content":["

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