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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Comments OffStudy on the Identification of Potential Project Portfolios Associated to Programmatic CDM and NAMAs in Jamaica
May 22nd, 2013 Admin: Donna From the 2nd NAMA Workshop held on April 03, 2013, please find attached copy of the Draft Final OLADE Consultancy Report on Jamaica’s POA and NAMA Study by Dr. Oscar Coto.
This report is prepared under the implementation of the “Study on the Identification of Potential Project Portfolios Associated to Programmatic CDM and NAMAs in Jamaica”.
OLADE is providing [...]
Posted in Carbon Market, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management, Jamaica, Official Blog, Reports Comments OffInsight: The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill
May 20th, 2013 Admin: Donna A special hydro-cell vehicle gets refueled at an alternative energy facility that converts solar and wind energy into hydrogen at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii in this July 19, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Hugh Gentry/Files
By Nichola Groom
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering [...]
UK government moving ahead with funding of geothermal and other major projects in Montserrat
May 17th, 2013 Admin: Donna By Nerissa Golden
BRADES, Montserrat (GIU) — The United Kingdom is making good on its commitment to support Montserrat’s redevelopment and move towards financial independence.
In a letter to Premier Reuben Meade, signed by Department for International Development (DfID) Minister of State, Alan Duncan, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Mark [...]
Posted in Carbon Market, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management, Funding Opportunities, Montserrat, News Comments OffRegional body launches climate change project
May 16th, 2013 Admin: Donna PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The European Union has given a grant of 8.6 million euros to support a regional project to improve Caribbean food security in the context of climate change.
The project, which was being introduced and coordinated in a two-day session in Trinidad, is being conducted in four countries in the region: Belize, [...]
Posted in Barbados, Belize, Carbon Market, Environmental Management, Funding Opportunities, News, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Trinidad & Tobago Comments OffNevis to host major UNESCO environmental conference
May 15th, 2013 Admin: Donna NIA CHARLESTOWN Nevis, February 08th, 2013 – Nevis will be the venue for a two-day major conference on environmental policy. The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) based event, will be held in collaboration with the Nevis Island Administration under the theme “Supporting Environmental Policy Formulation and Planning in the Caribbean Region” from May [...]
EarthTalk: Air conditioning options
May 13th, 2013 Admin: Donna Dear EarthTalk: Now that hot weather is coming, I want to upgrade my home’s A/C. Which are the most energy-saving models and should I go central air or window units?
– Jackie Smith, Cary, NC
According to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), energy consumption for home air conditioning units accounts for more than [...]
This green desert house stays chill with rammed earth walls
May 10th, 2013 Admin: Donna
You approach the Tucson mountain retreat by a 500-foot path through saguaro cactus and palo verde. The squat, earth-colored structure looks a little bunker-like at first, but from closer up the walls turn out to be not concrete but rammed earth, with a rich layering of warm colors.
These rammed earth walls, ranging from 18 to [...]
Caribbean coral reef collapse can be avoided, researchers say
May 10th, 2013 Admin: Donna Coral reefs are in decline, but their collapse can still be avoided with local and global action. That’s according to findings reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on May 9th based on an analysis that combines the latest science on reef dynamics with the latest climate models.
“People benefit by reefs having a complex [...]
Caribbean Tourism: The Energy Forum (CTEF)
May 9th, 2013 Admin: Donna Caribbean Tourism: The Energy Forum (CTEF)is the first event to focus exclusively on lowering the electricity bill for the region’s hospitality sector.
Caribbean Tourism: The Energy Forum (CTEF) will gather a world-class roster of regional and international market participants to grapple with what needs to be done to encourage the implementation of RE/EE solutions across the [...]
