From Iraq and Pakistan to the Caribbean, climate change is driving threats of new insecurity and violence, security analysts say’
by Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation, in The Hague From Climate Centre (This story appeared first on Tuesday on the website of the Thomson Reuters Foundation; it has been edited slightly here for length.) Climate change threats – from worsening water shortages…
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Caribbean states and billionaire Branson launch green fund to fight disasters
By Sebastien Malo From Reuters NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – British billionaire Richard Branson and two dozen Caribbean nations and territories on Thursday launched a multi-million-dollar initiative to turn the hurricane-prone region into a green tech hub resilient to…
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Storm spurs Caribbean island resort to recover lost paradise
By Sebastien Malo From Reuters CANE GARDEN BAY, British Virgin Islands, July 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sun loungers dot the white sand of Cane Garden Bay, a beach resort tucked between steep hillsides and the azure sea in the…
Are the Caribbean’s wealthy new citizens a lifeline or a liability?
By Sophie Hares From Reuters ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, July 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – I nvesting in the tropical Mount Cinnamon Resort in Grenada, with its white sand beaches, buys more than a slice of paradise – it comes with…
New storm forecasting methods mark ‘huge leap forward’: U.S. official
By Isabelle Gerretsen From Reuters LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The director of the U.S. National Hurricane Center said new ways of forecasting extreme weather events, including identifying storms before they fully develop, mark a “huge leap forward in the…
Latin America [and Caribbean] teen pregnancy rate ‘unacceptably high’: U.N.
From Reuters BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – There has been insufficient progress in reducing high teenage pregnancy rates in Latin America and the Caribbean, three United Nations agencies said on Wednesday, as they warned that rising numbers of girls under…
PepsiCo cuts ties with palm oil supplier over labor abuse claims
By Beh Lih Yi From Thomson Reuters Foundation KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Food and beverage giant PepsiCo has suspended procurement from a palm oil supplier over claims of labor abuses on its Indonesian plantations, a move hailed by…
Drug dealers convicted for trafficking teen girl
From Freedom United Two drug dealers have been charged with trafficking a teenage girl in the UK, making it the first time the UK’s Modern Slavery Act has been used to prosecute drug dealers. The two men, Mahad Yusuf, 20, and…
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Speed up funding to help Caribbean ward off disaster – bank head
By Sophie Hares REUTERS From Daily Mail UK MEXICO CITY, Sept 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Caribbean nations need faster access to capital to invest in protection against the creeping effects of climate change, as many struggle to recover from…
Caribbean life “as we know it” at serious risk – expert
By Anastasia Moloney Reuters From Daily Mail UK BOGOTA, July 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As if hurricanes were not menacing enough, small Caribbean islands risk losing their entire way of life unless they urgently strengthen defences against a raft…
