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 Staff1.5 To Stay Alive
COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém
By Carbon Brief A voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new efforts to “strengthen” climate targets have been launched at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil. After all-night negotiations in the Amazonian city of BelĂ©m, the Brazilian presidency released a final package termed the “global mutirĂŁo” – a […]
Climate Spotlight Staff Action and Advocacy
Why Are Women and Youth Still Mentioned Separately in Climate Conversations?
By: Chalsey Gill Anthony, Environmental Communicator, on behalf of Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) When major floods hit Guyana in 2005, Christine Samwaroo was a young student. Schools were closed, communities submerged, and she remembers worrying deeply for her grandmother, who was trapped in her home as water levels rose. That memory stayed with her. […]
Climate Spotlight Staff Caribbean
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 Agriculture
Connecting Communities, Government, and Markets for Smarter Climate Protection in the Caribbean
By: Chalsey Gill Anthony, Environmental Communicator, on behalf of Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) When a hurricane barrels through the Caribbean, recovery doesn’t just depend on rebuilding homes and roads. It depends on whether farmers can afford to replace lost livestock, whether fishers can access damaged docks or launching areas, whether market vendors can access […]
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 Featured
Regional Civil Society Urged to Tap into New Partnerships
Shrinking pools of international development assistance are leaving regional civil society organisations in search of an oasis. Executive Director of the Caribbean Policy Development Centre, Richard Jones, called attention to this “pressing issue” while addressing the Caribbean (Civil Society) Consultative Working Group (CCWG) meeting, held at The Brix Hotel in Trinidad and Tobago recently. “Major […]
Climate Spotlight Staff Featured
For Families Sheltering in Nylon Tents, Gaza’s Scorching Summer Is Unbearable
The intense heat is compounded as swarms of flies and mosquitoes infest the tents due to an absence of sewage services. By Shahad Ali , Truthout Before the war began, summer in Gaza was a season of joy. Families thrived on creating small moments of happiness, even amid daily electricity cuts and the suffocating siege. […]
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 COP29
A parallel history: The fight for freedom and a clean planet
By Tecla Fontenard I often wonder whether climate change talks at COPs are comparable to historical debates about the call for the abolition of slavery. The more I listen to debates on climate change, which intensify at COP regarding climate issues, the more I notice the use of radical language by negotiators and leaders. Terms […]
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