Agriculture
Can Technology Really Help The Caribbean Recover Faster After Disasters?
By: Chalsey Gill Anthony, Environmental Communicator, on behalf of Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) In the face of a disaster, the difference between quick recovery and prolonged hardship often comes down to one thing: information. Who is affected? How severe are the damages? Who needs help first? In the Caribbean, where disasters are growing stronger […]
Climate Spotlight StaffCaribbean
Hurricane Melissa Shows Why Everyday Caribbean Workers Need Financial Protection
By: Chalsey Gill Anthony, Environmental Communicator, on behalf of Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) When Hurricane Melissa ripped across the Caribbean just a few days ago, it damaged roads and power lines and disrupted the way thousands of people earn a living. In Jamaica, entire sections of St. Elizabeth, the country’s “breadbasket”, were flooded, threatening […]
Climate Spotlight Staff Caribbean
Savings Alone Can’t Weather the Storm: Stronger Climate Protection for the Caribbean
By: Chalsey Gill Anthony, Environmental Communicator, on behalf of Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) Ask any farmer, fisher, or vendor across the Caribbean how they prepare for storms, and the answer may vary. It may be a call to a close family or friend, a community partner’s “susu” group or syndicates, or a few hard-earned […]
Climate Spotlight Staff Caribbean
Small Islands, Big Storms, Our Future:Caribbean Nations’ Fight to Reshape Global Climate Finance
By: Chalsey Gill Anthony, Environmental Communicator, on behalf of Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) The familiar shoreline of Hellshire Beach in Jamaica is disappearing. Mario Galbert remembers the beach from his childhood, a stretch of golden sand where people played football, danced at parties, and cooled off in the Caribbean waters. Today, that beach no […]
Climate Spotlight Staff Climate Finance
“Finance COP” Fails to Meet Necessary Climate Finance Goal
While an agreement to triple the current commitment on climate finance flows to developing countries was met at COP29, this deal is seen as insufficient by experts and the most vulnerable countries. By Marco Lopez The pledge by the developed world to allocate $300 billion to least developed countries at the eleventh hour in Baku, […]
Climate Spotlight Staff Action and Advocacy
Yearly climate-finance flows should be between $250bn – $570bn; study finds
A study published on Science.com entitled “Fairness considerations in global mitigation investments”, found that climate finance flows from the global north to the global south must be between $250bn to $570bn to meet the target net zero goal outlined in the Paris Agreement. This estimate is a far cry from the current reality since developed […]
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