Source: www.caribbeannewsglobal.com, Editor, First Published Dec 17th, 2025 CCRIF SPC has announced a pioneering postdoctoral fellowship at The UWI Climate Studies Group Mona (CSGM), supporting cutting-edge research in tropical cyclone modelling and climate change attribution. This initiative, valued at US$50,000, marks CCRIF’s first direct grant to support a postdoctoral research fellowship, designed to strengthen regional expertise in tropical cyclone modelling and detection and attribution science. The fellowship will deliver high-resolution hurricane simulations and loss and damage statistics and will provide public engagement opportunities, positioning the Caribbean as a global thought leader in climate attribution science. ACCORDING TO CCRIF CEO, ISAAC ANTHONY: “This fellowship reflects CCRIF’s commitment to strengthening the region’s scientific capacity. The early analyses of hurricane Beryl and the collaborative study on hurricane Melissa being undertaken demonstrate how advanced detection and attribution methods can help us better understand the changing nature of storms and hurricanes in the Caribbean. By working closely with The UWI, we are building the evidence base needed to improve risk modelling, support resilience planning, and ensure our communities are better prepared for the future.” The fellowship has been awarded to Dr Jhordanne Jones, a NOAA Climate and Global Change Fellow, UWI graduate, and recently appointed Lead Author for Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Her work focuses on detection and attribution (D&A) science, which provides the evidence needed to connect extreme weather events directly to human-driven climate CCRIF – THE UWI ADVANCE CLIMATE JUSTICE THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN DETECTION AND ATTRIBUTION SCIENCE change, supporting Caribbean advocacy for fair access to global climate finance, including the Loss and Damage Fund. Professor Michael Taylor, Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, The UWI, and Co-Director, Climate Studies Group Mona notes: “CCRIF’s investment in detection and attribution science is truly visionary. By supporting research that directly links extreme weather to climate change, CCRIF is helping to place Caribbean science at the centre of global climate justice efforts.At the Climate Studies Group Mona, we are proud to support Dr Jhordanne Jones and this critically important work for the region.” This collaboration between CCRIF and The UWI builds on both organisations’ longstanding partnership to expand regional capacity in comprehensive disaster risk management, financial protection and climate analytics. 11 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 12, ISSUE 12 OPENING LINES
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