Antigua and Barbuda Delegation Concludes Regional Climate Finance Workshop in Barbados

A four-member delegation from the Government of Antigua and Barbuda has successfully concluded participation in the two-day workshop “Prosperity on Our Terms: A Caribbean Agenda for Climate Finance Access and Addressing Loss and Damage,” held 28-29 May 2026 at the Hilton Barbados Resort, Bridgetown, Barbados.

Convened by the Climate Vulnerable Forum and the Vulnerable Twenty Group (CVF-V20) under the presidency of Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados, the workshop brought together representatives from nine Caribbean V20 member states and the broader CARICOM community to advance the region’s access to climate and disaster risk finance.

The Antigua and Barbuda delegation comprised Gita Nicholas and Arry Simon of the Department of Environment and Carlon Knight and Sheneé Cornelius of the Ministry of Finance, Corporate Governance and Public-Private Partnerships.

Over two days, the delegation engaged substantive technical sessions covering the principal climate finance mechanisms under active development within the CVF-V20. Session one provided a comprehensive overview of the post-2025 climate finance landscape and the CVF-V20 Climate Prosperity Agenda, contextualising the structural financing challenges facing Small Island Developing States.