Antigua and Barbuda’s annual fight to control the invasive sargassum seaweed has received a shot in the arm from the government of Japan. The Japanese government is providing financing for the purchase of equipment to tackle the seaweed. During the virtual signing ceremony, Prime Minister Browne pointed...
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Explore Marine Renewable Energy Development – CDB Urges Caribbean
Last Updated Nov 10, 2018 Monica La Bennett, Vice-President (Operations) at the CDB delivering the keynote address at the Blue Economy Caribbean event, held in Miami on November 6, 2020. (Caribbean Development Bank Press Release)– The Caribbean could transform its energy sector and diversify economic activity by exploring marine...
Small Island Countries Aren’t Waiting for Rich Countries to Act on Climate
On September 18, 2017, the category-5 Hurricane Maria ravaged the shores of Dominica, damaging or destroying 90 percent of its buildings and causing damage equivalent to 200 percent of the small Caribbean island nation’s GDP. In the aftermath, 20 percent of Dominica’s roughly 70,000 inhabitants had to flee due to lost homes or...
Mangroves can prevent billions of dollars in flooding damage
Mangroves serve as speed-breakers in coastal storms, cyclones and tsunami (Photo by Stephan Ridgway) Hurricanes and tropical storms are estimated to cost the U.S. economy more than US$50 billion yearly in damage from winds and flooding. And as these storms travel across the Atlantic, they also ravage many Caribbean nations. ...
Caricom Launches Energy Innovation Challenge
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Caribbean students are being asked to design novel concepts for use and management of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM), as part of a regional initiative launched by the Barbados-based Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE). CCREEE, in collaboration with the...