The Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty Cli­mate Change Cen­tre (CC­C­CC) of­fi­cial­ly broke ground for the con­struc­tion of its new head­quar­ters at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Be­lize (UB) Bel­mopan Cam­pus last Wednes­day.

The cer­e­mo­ny marked the 20th an­niver­sary of the Cen­tre. It al­so sig­naled a for­mal ex­pan­sion of its long­stand­ing part­ner­ship with the Uni­ver­si­ty of Be­lize. The new fa­cil­i­ty is in­tend­ed to serve as the per­ma­nent base for the CC­C­CC and a hub for re­gion­al cli­mate ac­tion.

The event was at­tend­ed by Prime Min­is­ter of Be­lize John Briceño, Prime Min­is­ter of Saint Lu­cia Philip Pierre, CARI­COM Deputy Sec­re­tary Gen­er­al Arm­strong Alex­is, Min­is­ters from Bar­ba­dos, Do­mini­ca, Grena­da and Saint Lu­cia, and mem­bers of the CC­C­CC Board of Gov­er­nors.