Caribbean eyes untapped potential of world’s largest climate fund
By Zadie Neufville From Caribbean News Now KINGSTON, Jamaica (IPS) — The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) also known as the 5Cs, is looking for ways to boost the region’s access to the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The Centre…
Real estate advocates showcase sustainable communities, ecological ideas around Earth Day
By Jim Parker From The Post and Courier Jennifer Howard was musing the other day “about how different communities embrace and promote sustainability and environmental awareness,” what with Earth Day approaching on April 22. She started thinking after visiting Summers…
Caribbean Eyes Untapped Potential of World’s Largest Climate Fund
REPORT from Inter Press Service Published on 12 Apr 2018 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr 12 2018 (IPS) – The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) also known as the 5Cs, is looking for ways to boost the region’s access to the…
MSC Armonia cruise ship crashes into a dock in Roatan
From USA Today A giant cruise ship that smashed into a dock in the popular Caribbean destination of Roatan, Honduras Tuesday morning has already set sail for its next port of call. The MSC Armonia, which can carry as many…
UNC student studies a Caribbean species of coral’s possible resistance to climate change
BY MARCO QUIROZ-GUTIERREZ From The Daily Tar Heel Although disease outbreaks and climate change have caused an 80 percent decline in coral cover in the Caribbean since the 1970s, a UNC Ph.D. student in the Department of Marine Sciences discovered…
Oil, the environment and the Caribbean
By David Jessop From The Caribbean Camera Earlier this month Exxon announced that that it had made a major new oil find off Guyana. It was, it said, the largest since it began exploration there in 2015. The company’s statement…
Protecting a Caribbean wonder from disappearing in Belize
From America CGTN The largest coral reef in the Americas is under siege. Off the coast of the Central American nation Belize, it is one of the world’s great treasures. Just below the surface, a magnificent coral reef spans the…
5 luxury Caribbean resorts
Get Out Of The Cold at These 5 Luxury Resorts In The Caribbean By Everett Potter , From Forbes Jade Mountain Much of the United States has been incredibly cold for the past few weeks, leading many to wonder how…
Caribbean Travel – Canada is warning Nationals about this Caribbean Central American Nation
From NAN News Americas, TORONTO, Canada, Fri. Dec. 15, 2017: The Canadian government is warning its nationals to exercise a high degree of caution when traveling to the CARICOM, Central American nation of Belize. The warning on Belize was updated…
Partnerships between Caribbean and U.S. banks is growing
BY TREVOR ALLEYNE AND KRISHNA SRINIVASAN International Monetary Fund’s Western Hemisphere Department From Miami Herald Caribbean countries were blindsided about two years ago, by a serious threat to their economies from the loss of correspondent banking relationships (CBRs), more colloquially…