Environment
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Caricom Secretariat Staff To Walk On World Environment Day
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will be engaged in a car pooling exercise and a Walk on World Environment Day which is being observed Thursday, 5 June 2008 under the theme: Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. Dr Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development of the CARICOM Secretariat said,…
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CYAP TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD SECURITY CONCERNS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Environmental concerns and food security are two new issues which the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) have identified as growing risks to the Regional youth population, and plan to play a more active role in these areas. The new focus areas were selected during the April 21 – 23 meeting in Barbados. In…
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COMMUNITY APPROACH TOWARDS ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of the Environment have given the green light for a Community approach to tackle environmental and natural resource management and have mandated the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat to coordinate consultations with national and regional stakeholders to develop the proposed CARICOM Environment and Natural Resource Policy Framework (CENRPF). The Secretariat is also to mobilize…
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GOVERNANCE IMPORTANT TO ENVIRONMENT ISSUES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The recognition of the need to focus on the governance of the various strands of the environment and natural resources issues was one of the most instructive outcomes of the meeting of officials of the Twenty-Fifth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Integration (COTED) on the Environment. This was the view…
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SHAPING A CARIBBEAN ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY FRAMEWORK IN A COMMUNITY FOR ALL : REMARKS BY DR EDWARD GREENE ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT , AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) (ENVIRONMENT), 17-18 APRIL 2008, LILIENDAAL, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
This Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) is significant as much for the fact that it is actually taking place, as it is for its ultimate goal in helping to fashion a Caribbean Environment and Natural Resource Policy Framework. This is not an easy task given the multifaceted ambit of environmental issues, its widespread impact…
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REGION URGED TO MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT A PRIORITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fifth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on the Environment opened formally on 17 April 2008 with the acknowledgement that collective action was critical to confronting the environmental challenges that the Region faced. The link between the environment and the quality of life of the Region’s citizens was…
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CARICOM MINISTERS LOOK TO CURB ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Government with responsibility for the Environment begin a two-day meeting in Georgetown on Thursday 17 April 2008 aimed at charting a course to curb environmental degradation. At least nine Ministers will attend the Twenty-Fifth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). In brief remarks at…
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SPECIAL COTED ON ENVIRONMENT IN GEORGETOWN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The environmental dimension within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), Climate Change and Disaster Management, are high on the agenda of a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on the Environment on 17-18 April 2008. Jamaica will be in the chair for this the Twenty-Fifth Special COTED which…
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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MUST BE CUSHIONED IN THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are leading by example in streamlining the required arrangements to cushion any fall out that may occur as a result of the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM). Speaking with reporters following his brief to CARICOM Heads of Government in Saint Lucia on Monday 4 July, the…
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A CLEANER, HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE REGION
The CARICOM Region should look to breathing much cleaner air and accessing cheaper electricity over the next few years with the execution of the Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP). A Global Environmental Facility (GEF) grant of US$3.726 million made available through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is the most recent addition to the international financial assistance already secured…
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