Sustainable development
Foreign Policy and Community Relations
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WORKSHOP FOCUSES ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ROADMAP AND STRATEGY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Stakeholders in the energy sector across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Thursday gathered in Trinidad and Tobago for an exchange of views on the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy (C-SERMS). The document is being used to guide the Region’s progress in the use of renewable energy and set energy efficiency targets. About 50…
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Saint Lucia hosts regional workshops on multilateral environmental agreements
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Four Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) will come under focus later this month when two workshops are convened in Saint Lucia to address harmonized reporting by Caribbean countries, and the use of Integrated Environment Assessment (IEA) tools for mainstreaming those agreements into national policy development. The workshops, funded by the European Union, are executed by…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT CONDUCTS ASSESSMENT ON ENVIRONMENT STATISTICS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat are currently visiting Member States to assess their current position regarding statistics on the environment. The team from the Secretariat’s Regional Statistics Programme is currently in Antigua and Barbuda after leaving Dominica on Thursday following a two-day visit. The team moves on to Jamaica on Monday, 26…
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THIRD CARIBBEAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FORUM OPENS IN ST KITTS AND NEVIS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than 150 persons from across the Region and beyond are expected in St. Kitts and Nevis Thursday and Friday for the Third Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF) and Exhibition. Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Rt. Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas, will deliver the keynote address and set the tone for the…
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CARICOM Trains More Environmental Negotiators in MEANegotiations -workshop Lauded A Phenomenal Success
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A five-day training intervention on negotiation skills for junior environmental negotiators ended in St Kitts and Nevis on Friday with the consensus that Negotiators play a vital role in the process of implementing Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). The workshop, which was organized by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in collaboration with the Foundation for…
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SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENT ISSUES AS IMPORTANT AS ECONOMIC IN DEVELOPMENT – SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana ) Any framework for economic stability and growth should also address social protection policies for the poor and vulnerable groups in our society. This was the view of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque as he addressed the opening of the Twenty-Fourth Session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee…
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CARICOM MOVES TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL NEGOTIATORS
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana ) A five –day training intervention for the Caribbean Region’s environmental negotiators opened in St Kitts and Nevis on Monday, 28 May 2012. The workshop, which will be held at the Ocean Terrace Inn, is organized by the CARICOM Secretariat with support from the European Union, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the…
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ORGANISATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES BENEFITING FROM SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Member countries of the Organization of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are currently receiving additional technical support to complement their on-going initiatives toward establishing a clearer path to a more sustainable energy future. Such technical support has been made possible through grant funding in excess of US $1.5 million provided by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to the Secretariat to…
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BARBADOS HOSTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Stakeholders in the field of renewable energy and sustainable development are meeting in Barbados from Wednesday 9 May to explore and exchange ideas on how solar energy and solar thermal systems could be utilised more efficiently in the Region. Jointly coordinated by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Caribbean Solar Energy Society (CSES)…
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ADAPT FOREIGN POLICY COORDINATING TO CHANGING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) foreign policy coordination in a constantly changing international climate was the common thread running through the addresses at the Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) in Paramaribo, Suriname, Thursday 3 May 2012. The two-day meeting was preceded by a formal opening ceremony that was addressed…
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