Representatives of Island Green Energy and Elementa, the Canada-based companies spearheading the proposed waste to energy plant at Deglos, rounded a visit here on last Friday. While here, the visiting parties met with government officials and LUCELEC, to discuss the scope and the requirements for advancing the project.
The Government of St. Lucia signed off on [...]
Multi-Million Dollar Green Energy Project Earmarked for Saint Lucia
February 24th, 2011 
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Carbon market-related business opportunities and developing the strategic framework for realizing them
May 6th, 2011 Admin: Jason The Roadmap Is a Guide, Not a Recipe
This Roadmap is intended to guide companies from PSOJ in Jamaica and from CAIC in Trinidad & Tobago in identifying carbon market-related business opportunities and developing the strategic framework for realizing them; it is not intended be a“cookbook” approach for implementation.
• There is no single “strategy” for going [...]
Barbados chosen for climate change project
July 8th, 2011 Admin: Donna
Barbados is the only country in the Western Hemisphere chosen to participate in a global project aimed at increasing the capacity of seven countries “to respond to climate-sensitive health risks”.
Known as the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Project on Piloting Climate Change Adaptation to Protect Human Health, it is slated to kick off next Wednesday, July [...]
Register now for BusinessGreen energy-saving webinar July 20, 2011!
July 20th, 2011 Admin: Donna Sign up to free webinar on how to cut your energy bills through better management
BusinessGreen readers can register for free to view and participate in the interactive webinar (web-based seminar) here.
The broadcast will be hosted by BusinessGreen editor James Murray and will begin with a presentation from Peter Charville-Mort, an analyst at leading research firm [...]
CARILEC-REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST || Deadline: Wednesday, August 31, 2011
August 18th, 2011 Admin: Tricia Region: Caribbean
Project Name: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Project for CARILEC
Sector: Energy
Technical Cooperation/ Grant No.: ATN-OC-11496-RG
Project No. RG-T1639
Contract/Bid No.: COMP4-2
The Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) has received financing
from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and intends to apply part of the proceeds
to payments under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy project, for tailored
capacity building webinars [...]
CDKN Global Research Call Announcement: Climate Compatible Development
September 9th, 2011 Admin: Donna Second international research call on climate compatible development
The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) supports developing countries to respond to the challenges posed by climate change and to deliver climate-compatible development. CDKN offers advice and technical assistance, cutting-edge research, strategic knowledge sharing and partnership building. Within the research stream, CDKN makes periodic global research calls [...]
Caribbean Regional Writeshop to Support Developing Country Publications on Adaptation to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
September 12th, 2011 Admin: Donna The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) and UWI-CERMES are calling for applications from young scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and others from the Caribbean who are working in the field of climate change and disaster risk reduction to participate in a Writeshop from 24-28 October 2011 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The [...]
Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Sustainable Development & Affordable Housing
September 17th, 2011 Admin: Donna THE NATIONAL Housing Trust (NHT) has established a special journalism award for excellence in reporting on Sustainable Development and Affordable Housing.
Making the announcement during a round-table discussion held at the NHT’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, Cecile Watson, the company’s managing director, said the award, valued at $300,000, is in collaboration with the Press Association of [...]
Caribbean and Pacific islands working closely together on climate change response
September 29th, 2011 Admin: Donna Even more than before, small island developing states in the Caribbean and in the Pacific will be working together on climate change actions and issues:
Vulnerable islands in the region can now work more closely with the Pacific islands to address climate risks, based on a recently inked agreement between the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre [...]
International Climate Protection Fellowship
September 30th, 2011 Admin: Donna The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, in Germany, is offering fellowships for prospective leaders from threshold and developing countries who are engaged in climate protection and resource conservation. Find out more information at the Foundation’s website. The closing date for applications is December 15, 2011. The fellowship commences September 1, 2012.
