Event

Tune into Live Streams on UWItv of the following Fora tackling Climate Change on April 12:

9.30am to 12.30pm | Vice-Chancellor’s Forum on Resilience in Practice and Thinking at the Cave Hill Campus with the following panellists:

• Annika Bellot, Vice President, Guild of Students, The UWI Cave Hill
• Jayaka Campbell, Junior Research Fellow, Climate Studies Group, Faculty of Science and Technology, The UWI Mona
• Dr Adrian Cashman, Director of the Centre for Environment Studies and Resource Management
• Jeremy Collymore, Consultant/Advisor Disaster Resilience, Office of Vice-Chancellor, The UWI
• Dr David Farrell, Principal, Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology
• Dr Joy St. John, Assistant Director General, Climate and Other Determinants of Health, WHO
• Professor Clive Landis, Deputy Principal, The UWI Cave Hill
• Professor Leonard O’Garro, Director, Centre for Food Security and Entrepreneurship

6 to 8pm | The University of the West Indies Students Today Alumni Tomorrow (UWI STAT) Ambassador Corps presents a regional, virtual Climate Change Forum on the topic, The eye of the storm: the implications of the Paris Agreement/Climate Change and the "Right to Life" for Caribbean youth.

Panelists include:

• Professor John Agard, Director, Office of Research Development and Knowledge Transfer, The UWI St Augustine
• Danielle Andrade, Legal Director, Jamaica Environment Trust
• Jeremy Collymore, Consultant/Advisor Disaster Resilience, Office of Vice-Chancellor, The UWI
• Laleta Davis-Mattis, University Counsel, The UWI
• Professor Clive Landis, Deputy Principal, The UWI Cave Hill
• Dr Leonard Nurse, Senior Lecturer – Integrated Coastal Area Management; Climate Change, The UWI Mona
• Dr David C. Smith, Coordinator, Institute for Sustainable Development

Participate in the conversation happening between students and alumni from all 17 UWI countries at the Institute of Critical Thinking, 2^ndFloor, Lecture Room 2 where you can ask questions, share your comments and more.

About UWI STAT’s , The eye of the storm: the implications of the Paris Agreement/Climate Change and the "Right to Life" for Caribbean youth Forum

This initiative will form part of the 70th Anniversary celebrations of The UWI as Climate Change is in fact a reality for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like our Caribbean Nations. This was easily evidenced by the most recent Hurricane Season. The Corps believes there is a great need to educate and sensitize our region, particularly youths, on strategies to mitigate against this threat. UWISTAT feels it is important to champion, bring awareness and meaningful discussion to; as well as cause positive action in the Climate Change arena.​ The UWI has over 50,000 students and the aim is to transform them into Climate Change Advocates. ​

The live stream will be streamed at www.uwitv.org.