The German Government is supporting additional measures for climate change adaptation in the Caribbean. For this purpose, the German Government is providing CARICOM a sum of up to 5.525 million euros (approx. 7.2 million USD), which is to be used for the project “Adaptation to climate change in the Caribbean for the protection of natural resources and diversification in agriculture and forestry.” The source …Read more
It took 36 additional hours but in the end, Durban came out triumphant and it was able to secure some positive outcomes after two weeks of wrangling over key issues. The United Nations Climate Change Conference involved a series of …Read more
Distinguished Ministers and delegates, we are now at the conclusion of COP17/CMP7. I want to utilize this opportunity to thank you all for your dedication, hard work and for the spirit of Ubuntu and compromise that prevailed during this Conference. …Read more
After two weeks of negotiations, the 195 Parties to the UN climate change convention agreed on a roadmap, proposed by the EU, for drawing up a legal framework by 2015 for climate action by all countries. The Durban conference also …Read more
The Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico (Semarnat), Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, noted that the conclusions from the 17 Conference of the Parties (COP17) on Climate Change, in Durban, South Africa, are insufficient to safeguard the future of …Read more
Action must be taken swiftly to cut emissions to prevent a damaging rise in world temperatures, Climate Panel findings show. The series of agreements reached on Sunday by nearly 200 countries in Durban lays a foundation for the global community …Read more
As the climate talks in Durban concluded with a groundbreaking establishment of the Durban Platform to negotiate a new global agreement by 2015, the world continues on a pathway of over 3°C warming with likely extremely severe impacts. The agreement …Read more
Governments at the UN climate talks in Durban agree on a package of measures to sustain current global efforts to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and to conclude a new agreement with legal force that would involve all countries in …Read more
Karl Hood, Grenada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). He delivered the statement on behalf of AOSIS. “We are participating in this process because we believe that this multilateral rules based system …Read more
All photos: Andrea DeSilva The Forum was organised and hosted by Earth Conscious magazine, produced by Caribbean PR Agency. The forum was envisaged as a platform for Trinidadian and Tobagonian youth to lend their voices to the global call for urgent action …Read more
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Trinidad and Tobago Climate change is the definitive challenge of the 21st century. Changes in the climate destroy the basis on which human life subsists; drought, for instance, leads to shortages in …Read more
Since its inception more than 160 years ago, Guardian has remained dedicated to these core values and beliefs: the protection and security of Life. While the original intention of this belief continues to thrive in its first rate servicing of …Read more
Greater reproductive choice and measures to reduce resource consumption and waste are critical to reducing humanity’s environmental impact. As the global population surpasses 7 billion people sometime around the end of October, addressing the challenges associated with a still-growing world …Read more
Planning??? Does our nation understand the meaning of this word? Tiny Island, 1.3+ million people, private, commercial, agricultural, industrial and ECOLOGICAL needs to be met!! Competing uses for generations in this country (particularly in Trinidad) evolved with a virtual ‘free …Read more
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