The present report assesses the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
In the study, the Artificial Neural Network [...]
An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in the Caribbean
May 22nd, 2013 
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May 16th, 2013 Admin: Donna By amaloney
With an average daily production of 1000 barrels per day of crude oil and an estimated daily consumption of 9000 barrels per day, Barbados is a net importer of petroleum products. This leaves a shortfall for which the Government must use critical foreign exchange to purchase oil on the international market.
Since the onset of the [...]
Posted in Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Energy Efficiency, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago Comments OffBarbuda Early Morning Earthquake Felt In St. Kitts And Nevis
May 3rd, 2013 Admin: Donna Abisola Abiola
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts –The worst way to wake up in the wee hours of the morning is by experiencing an earthquake! An early morning Leeward Islands earthquake produced the strongest shaking in St. Kitts and Nevis in 14 years. It awoke and startled some of Nevis’ residents.
On Tuesday 30th April 2013 at 2:56am local [...]
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May 2nd, 2013 Admin: Donna Desmond Brown, Inter Press Service
Water catchment in Antigua, where water is one of the most scarce resources.|| (Media credit: Desmond Brown/IPS)||
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (IPS) — In drought-plagued Antigua, where water and energy top the list of most precious resources, one campaign is encouraging islanders to conserve both of these commodities.
The campaign, Green Antigua, of the state-owned [...]
Posted in Antigua & Barbuda, Carbon Market, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management, News Comments OffEarthquake shakes eastern Caribbean
May 1st, 2013 Admin: Donna The epicenter of Tuesday’s earthquake west-southwest of Barbuda. UWI map
By Caribbean News Now contributor
RESTON, USA — A 5.3-magnitude earthquake, with an epicenter 24 miles west-southwest of Codrington, Barbuda, was felt in several islands in the eastern Caribbean on Tuesday morning,
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake occurred at approximately 2:56 am local [...]
Posted in Antigua & Barbuda, Carbon Market, Environmental Management, Montserrat, News, Saint Kitts & Nevis Comments OffRegional countries agree to biosphere reserves
April 10th, 2013 Admin: Donna ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries are among several nations committed to a ministerial declaration and a three-year action plan that aims, among other things, to create at least one biosphere reserve in each Caribbean small island developing state.
Biosphere reserves, as described by UNESCO, are terrestrial and coastal areas that promote sustainable [...]
Posted in Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Carbon Market, Cuba, Dominica, Environmental Management, Jamaica, Official Blog, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago Comments OffAntigua-Barbuda senator observes exploratory drilling for geothermal energy in Montserrat
March 30th, 2013 Admin: Donna ST JOHN’S, Antigua — Senator Winston Williams Jr., Antigua and Barbuda’s acting minister of education, sports, youth and gender affairs, was recently in Montserrat, where he joined Premier Reuben Meade and other officials to witness the commencement of the exploratory drilling process for geothermal energy.
Williams underscored the importance of increasing reliance on sources of renewable [...]
Posted in Antigua & Barbuda, Carbon Market, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management, Funding Opportunities, Montserrat, News Comments OffIn Caribbean, Climate-Smart Agriculture Bolsters Farm Production
January 13th, 2013 Admin: Donna ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, Jan 13 2013 (IPS) - A new initiative is catching on in the Caribbean that aims to increase and sustain agricultural productivity by incorporating information about weather and climate into the farming process, all under the umbrella of climate-smart agriculture.
Promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), climate-smart agriculture seeks to sustainably increase productivity, resilience [...]
CARICOM Team Visiting Antigua, Dominica to Assess Environment Data
November 23rd, 2012 Admin: Donna A team of representatives from the CARICOM Secretariat are visiting several Member States to examine their current position regarding statistics on the environment.
The team from CARICOM’s Regional Statistics Programme is currently in Antigua after leaving Dominica on Thursday after a two-day visit.
On Monday, the group will be visiting Jamaica.
The mission is targeting National Statistical Offices, [...]
Winner of energy efficiency household survey raffle drawn Thursday
November 6th, 2012 Admin: Donna The Eastern Caribbean Energy Labeling Project (ECELP) Thursday drew the winner of its raffle organised in connection with the household survey on energy-efficient appliances carried out in June/July 2012. Participants of the survey were given the chance to enter the raffle, which was run today at Our Planet, Castries.
The winner receives five tickets for the [...]
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