Meet the 6 Caribbean journalists on a COP29 reporting journey!

Danielle Swain, 📍Guyana

In-person Fellow
🇬🇾 Danielle Swain is a feature journalist and content producer at News Room Guyana, driven by her passion for storytelling. After eight years in banking, she transitioned to a creative role at Guyenterprise in 2017, where she revamped The Guyana Annual Literature and Art Magazine.

Since joining News Room in 2020, her work has focused on culture, human interest, and climate change, particularly Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy. As a 2024 Climate Tracker Fellow, she aims to simplify climate change issues and spotlight the role of Indigenous communities in climate adaptation. Danielle believes in the power of people-centric storytelling to drive meaningful change.
📝 View Danielle’s work: The women of Huradiah lead sustainable development under the LCDS

Carlos Edill Berrios Polanco, 📍Puerto Rico

In-Person Fellow
🇵🇷 Carlos is an award-winning multimedia journalist with a keen interest in covering climate, conflict, and the intersection of the two. His work as a freelance reporter and photographer has appeared in local, national, and international outlets. He will primarily be covering COP29 for 9 Millones, an independent media outlet focused on explanatory and solutions journalism.

Carlos is an alum of our Caribbean Climate Justice Journalism Fellowship, where he spent 6 months reporting about Puerto Rican communities’ struggle for climate justice.
📝 Read Carlos’ work: Puerto Rico’s ability to feed itself threatened by climate crisis

Elesha George, 📍Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica

Virtual Fellow
🇦🇬🇩🇲 Elesha George is an award-winning investigative journalist who is passionate about the environment. As a journalist, she believes it is her duty not only to inform but to educate with hopes that her audience will make better decisions to change their future. She has worked across various media platforms over the past 11 years including TV broadcast, multimedia, newspaper and radio.
📝 Read Elesha’s work: Fisherman caught in sargassum bloom after trying new fishing technique

Jervon Sands, 📍The Bahamas

Virtual Fellow
🇧🇸 Jervon Sands’ passion for writing has always shone through. He is eager to deepen his knowledge and sharpen his journalistic skills to serve the region better as a climate justice advocate. Currently pursuing an MSc in Environmental Change and Management, Jervon also serves as one of the Bahamas National Climate Change Youth Ambassadors, reflecting his dedication to driving meaningful change locally and globally.
📝 Read Jervon’s work: Exploring the nexus between climate change and health

Colvin Harry, 📍St Vincent and the Grenadines

Virtual Fellow
🇻🇨 Colvin, a seasoned radio broadcaster with over 17 years of experience, has recently expanded into television. Raised in the rural farming community of Park Hill, St. Vincent, he has a deep passion for outdoor broadcasting and tropical meteorology. Colvin is dedicated to keeping his community informed about weather developments. In his spare time, he enjoys online research on historical topics and values spending time with his family.
📝 Read Colvin’ work: June too soon? – Warmer sea surface temperatures fuelled Hurricane Beryl

Urvashi Tiwari-Roopnarine, 📍Trinidad and Tobago

Virtual Fellow
🇹🇹 Urvashi is a Mathematics graduate of the University of the West Indies. However, her career in journalism spans over 15 years. She is currently a senior multimedia journalist/presenter at CCN TV6.
📝 View Urvashi’s work: Expect produce prices to triple