26 September 2009: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member States held a mini-summit with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 26 September 2009, in New York. Climate change was among the issues addressed.

In his remarks to the meeting, Ban Ki-moon highlighted that the Caribbean region has been especially hard-hit by climate change and has shown exemplary leadership on the issue. [CARICOM Secretariat website] [UN Secretary-General remarks]