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New Fund to Bridge Caribbean Agriculture and Climate Change

The crossroads of business and climate By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved the $5 million Climate-Smart Agriculture Fund for Latin American and the Caribbean (CSAF), which aims to incentivize private sector investment in projects […]

Grenada Is Developing Climate-Smart Agriculture

As the Caribbean deals with the impact of climate change, adaptation is a major priority. That’s why one island is launching a new project to make its agriculture more robust against the ramifications of climate change. Grenada has partnered with […]

Op-Ed: Climate Change and the Caribbean

By George Nicholson and Anastasia Ramjag Op-Ed Contributors This debate surrounding our climate has polarized the world into two different groups for a long time; some theorists maintain that an intrinsic characteristic of climate is that it changes while a […]

Sean Penn Helps Launch New Climate Change Initiative in Haiti

Penn, Hollande meet on initiative By Dana Niland CJ Contributor A major new climate initiative is coming to Haiti, led by Sean Penn and French officials. Representatives of the French and Haitian Governments including French President François Hollande met this […]

Caribbean “Climate Justice”

St Lucia leading the way with new initiative By the Caribbean Journal staff Is this a new way to frame the Caribbean’s existential climate fight? St Lucia is launching a new regional initiative aimed at addressing the Caribbean’s concerns on […]

Fighting Climate Change in Carriacou

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) has launched a climate change project in the boat-building community of Windward, Carriacou in Grenada. The government of Grenada and The Nature Conservancy have joined the UNEP in leadership […]

Op-Ed: Climate Change and Fighting Poverty in the Caribbean

By George Nicholson and Orissa Thomas Op-Ed Contributors TODAY, most people consider climate change to be a reality and not a myth. A result of this phenomenon, natural hazards have been identified as having crippling effects on many countries, particularly those […]

UN Urges Shift to “Sustainable” Food to Adapt to Climate Change

By the Caribbean Journal staff Countries need to modify their food production to more sustainable systems to adapt to the potential impact of climate change, according to Jose Graziano da Silva, the director general of the United Nations Food and […]

“Climate Change Is a Critical Issue Now”

Above: Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff When it comes to global greenhouse emissions, the Caribbean’s contribution is a small speck on the map. But while it shares little responsibility for the causes of climate change, it will likely bear […]

Tourism and Caribbean Agriculture

By the Caribbean Journal staff As more and more countries in a tourism-dependent region make the push to restore their agriculture industries, exploring linkages between agriculture and tourism is a “natural fit,” according to Guyana Tourism Authority Director Indranauth Haralsingh. […]

Climate Change and Caribbean Tourism

By the Caribbean Journal staff What will the impacts of climate change mean for tourism in the Caribbean? That’s precisely the subject of a new project being carried out by the Organization of Eastern Caribbean states and USAID. The OECS/USAID […]

Haiti’s Martelly Urges Caribbean on Climate Change, Integration

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti President Michel Martelly addressed the CARICOM Heads of Government summit Monday, calling for unified action on issues including climate change and free movement within the region. Martelly, […]

Grenada to Begin German-Funded Climate Change Project in 2013

Above: St George’s (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada will launch a climate change adaptation project in 2013, the government announced. The four-year plan, which is being funded by a grant from the German government to the tune […]

Caribbean Talks Agriculture in Dominica

Above: CARICOM SG and Dominican native Irwin LaRocque in Roseau for talks (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff High-level talks have begun in Dominica at the Climate Change and Science Technology Workshop during the 10th Caribbean Week of Agriculture […]

Barbados’ Benn Warns on Climate Change

Above: a Beach in Barbados Given its small size, the Caribbean must seek help to develop effective mitigation and adaptation strategies to address climate change, Barbados Acting Minister of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management Haynesley Benn said yesterday. […]

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The Caribbean’s Most Interesting Rum Is In Grenada 

GRENADA — Can a rum have a terroir?  It’s a question we’ve been answering in the affirmative for years, focused on the artisanal rummaking of the French West Indies, where the connection between rum and the soil of the sugarcane […]

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A New Coral Farm Is Coming to The Bahamas

By the Caribbean Journal staff As coral reefs continue to dwindle around the region, more and more initiatives are looking to plant new coral and save dying reefs. But in order to plant the coral, it has to grow somewhere. […]

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The Caribbean Water Problem

Solving the Caribbean Water Problem By Keith White CJ Contributor As the drought within the Caribbean wears on, countries in the region face great risk, as their tourism-based economies rely heavily on clean, sustainable water sources – and that doesn’t […]

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The Rising Caribbean Drought Risk

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has called for Caribbean countries to boost efforts to prepare for increased drought in the region. In a report entitled Drought Characteristics and Management in the Caribbean, the FAO noted that the region […]

10 Ways You Can Help Protect Caribbean Reefs

By Lisa K Terry CJ Contributor Here in the U.S. Virgin Islands, like all over the Caribbean, we depend on our reefs for tourism, to protect our coastlines, beaches and favorite marine creatures, and to support recreational and commercial fisheries. […]

Op-Ed: A Letter to Baroness Scotland

By Joan Grant Cummings Op-Ed Contributor Dear Baroness Scotland, We are a network of Caribbean feminist and women’s rights activists, policy-makers and scholars, and we are delighted with your recent election as Commonwealth Secretary-General and offer our warm congratulations to […]

St Lucia Boosting Green Efforts

Above: St Lucia (CJ Photo) By Dana Niland CJ Contributor St Lucia is is continuing to work to strengthen its renewable energy and conservation efforts across the island through a variety of sustainability projects. One of the initiatives is the […]

Op-Ed: Water and Caribbean Development

By Wayne Campbell Op-Ed Contributor “Providing sustainable access to improved drinking water sources is one of the most important things we can do to reduce disease” — World Health Organization Director General-Dr Margaret Chan The international community recently commemorated World […]

11 Things Caribbean Islands Need to Do

By Dr Miguel Goede and Runy Calmera CJ Contributors In a recent article in this series about the Future of the Caribbean, we discussed the opportunities for managers, business owners and policy makers in the Caribbean. When seizing the opportunities […]

Jamaica’s Million Tree Plan

Above: Jamaica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff A new project in Jamaica aims to plant 1 million new trees in the country in the next four years. The project by SCJ Holdings Limited, is being undertaken in partnership […]

Raul Castro Pledges Cuba’s Cooperation With CARICOM

Above: Raul Castro By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba is pledging its continued cooperation with its neighbours in the Caribbean Community, according to Cuba President Raul Castro. The Cuban leader was addressing the Cuba-CARICOM Summit in Havana on Monday. “We […]

The Mangrove Problem

Above: mangroves  By the Caribbean Journal staff There are mangroves in 123 countries around the world, including across the Caribbean. These maritime forests store carbon, clean water, protect against erosion and even against extreme weather. But the world’s mangroves are […]

Jamaica, Brazil Sign Agreement on Water Resources Management

Above: the signing ceremony in Kingston (JIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica and Brazil have signed an agreement to strengthen the former’s water resources management. The $98,000 contract was signed last week by Jamaica’s Water, Land, Environment and […]

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