ACCOUNTANT BARRINGTON Lewis and environmental professional Allison Rangolan McFarlane have assumed leadership of the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) as chief executive officer and chief technical director, respectively.The appointments...
In the race to stay ahead of the curve in the world of climate-change research, there are few things as thrilling to scientists as a new tool to improve efficiency in their data collection and sense-making efforts.Local and regional climate...
With the future and extent of United States (US) financial and/or other support of the global climate change response unsure, Caribbean islands have been cautioned to be prepared to go it alone.Former head of the CARICOM Task Force on Sustainable...
MARRAKECH, Morocco:Jamaica is choosing, at least for now, not to worry over whether climate finance flows from the United States (US) will dry up under the presidency of Donald Trump.This is despite news that the president-elect - a climate-change...
MARRAKECH, Morocco:There is a storm brewing over the Adaptation Fund (AF)and what it represents to the developing world, as countries look to operationalise the Paris Agreement that plots the route to...
The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation has sought to quiet concerns over Jamaica's failure to ratify the Paris Agreement, ahead of the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, being...
Hurricane Matthew - packing winds up to 145 miles per hour and leaving a trail of bodies, levelled buildings and displaced people in its wake - has brought into sharp focus the urgent need to have Jamaica's long-awaited building bill passed.This is...
While Jamaica was spared the full wrath of Hurricane Matthew, others in the Caribbean were not, making well the case for holding global temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius in the face of a changing climate.So says respected meteorologist and former...
JEFFREY SPOONER has long been a man on a mission, but after 40 years of stamping his mark on the Met Service while helping to advance Jamaica's efforts toward climate security, it's time to put his feet up.His mission boots are officially off and...
Despite the successful inclusion of 1.5 degrees Celsius as a target in the Paris Agreement to address global climate change, Caribbean leaders and negotiators are continuing their push for a climate-secure region.They met earlier this month for the...
From getting acquainted with how government does business to informing and reassuring partners and planning for the Marrakesh negotiations in November, it's been a whirlwind of activities for the new captain at the helm of the Climate Change Division...
THE ADAPTATION Fund (AF) through which developing countries, including Jamaica, have had concrete climate change adaptation projects and programmes financed - is continuing the hunt to raise money to sustain its work."I have been visiting donors...
EFFORTS to ready the National Conservation Trust Fund are progressing, though the authorities remain tight-lipped on when beneficiaries may be able to access it."Where we are at now, the trust fund is registered under the Companies Office of Jamaica...
THE CARIBBEAN is, within the next two or so years, to have an energy efficiency strategy that should serve the growth agenda of various islands.To begin the work, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has secured the support of the European Union (EU)."...
FROM permit breaches at the Blue Diamond Royalton Hotel in Negril to the continued indecision over the Cockpit Country, environment sector actors appear largely unimpressed with the new Government after 100 days in office.Still, at least some of...
CRITICAL to the new administration's next 100 days in office is definitive action on the Cockpit Country, with a decision on its boundaries equated to a choice between bauxite and water."The Government really needs to look at the Cockpit Country,...
REGIONAL cooperation is critical to arresting the scourge of marine pollution impacting the Caribbean, where 80 per cent of the pollution seen is due to activities on land - from deforestation and agricultural chemicals to industrial oil spills and...
WITH the launch of Caribbean Climate Trackers, the region's youth now have the chance to become more vocal on climate change.The youth-led writing initiative, as hub manager Dizzanne Billy describes it, is intended "to identify and support young...
THE United Nations Environment Programme/Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit (UNEP/CEP) will collaborate with the Institute of Caribbean Studies to launch the third annual Caribbean Sea Fan Festival online on June 8.And for what? World Oceans Day...
