Caribbean nations pay steep price for climate change caused by others
By Daniel Gutman BUENOS AIRES, Oct 16 2018 (IPS) – Although their contribution to global warming is negligible, Caribbean nations are bearing the brunt of its impact. Climate phenomena are so devastating that countries are beginning to prepare not so…
Dell unveils slim USB-C monitor with super-bright HDR
By Jon Fingas from engadget The S2719DC also includes FreeSync for gamers. You can certainly find HDR monitors, but those that exist tend to barely meet the official DisplayHDR standards or are too large for most people. Dell may have…
Young artists get passionate about renewable energy
By Jewel Fraser From CARIBBEAN360 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday August 30, 2017 (IPS) – Conversations about renewable and sustainable energy don’t typically include artistic ideas on the subject. However, the Caribbean Community (Caricom) has chosen to engage the region’s…
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Tobago gears up to fight sargassum invasion
By Jewel Fraser IPS News From Caribbean News Service PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 25 2017 (IPS) – As Tobago’s tourism industry struggles to repel the sargassum invasions that have smothered its beaches with massive layers of seaweed as far…
Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast pools efforts against climate change
By Diego Arguedas Ortiz From IPS HONE CREEK, Costa Rica, Jul 24 2017 (IPS) – Jonathan Barrantes walks between the rows of shoots, naming one by one each species in the tree nursery that he manages, in the south of…
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Communities step up to help save Jamaica’s forests climate change
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean News Service KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jul 12 2017 (IPS) – According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 31.1 percent or about 337,000 hectares of Jamaica is forested. Of this, 26.1 percent or 88,000…
‘Big reflection’ needed on opioid crisis
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage From Caribbean Life UNITED NATIONS, June 22, 2017 (IPS) – Opioids are among the most devastating drugs and are creating a crisis of epidemic proportions, said the UN drug agency. In its annual World Drug Report, the…
Nicaragua’s South Caribbean Coast improves readiness for climate change
By José Adán Silva From IPS BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua , Apr 22 2017 (IPS) – The effects of climate change have hit Nicaragua’s Caribbean coastal regions hard in the last decade and have forced the authorities and local residents to take…
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Climate impact on Caribbean coral reefs may be mitigated if…
By Diego Arguedas Ortiz CAHUITA, Costa Rica, Apr 14 2017 (IPS) – A few dozen metres from the Caribbean beach of Puerto Vargas, where you can barely see the white foam of the waves breaking offshore, is the coral reef…
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France hosts major exhibition on Jamaican music
By A. D. McKenzie From Caribbean News Service PARIS, Mar 30 2017 (IPS) – It’s one of those movie-like spring days in Paris, where blue skies and brilliant sunshine lift spirits after a long, wet, grey winter. Many people are…
