By Luis Schloeter Climate change is considered one of the main challenges for development. The scientific community has reiterated that anthropogenic climate change - caused by human activities (eg urban transport, energy production, etc.) - has been occurring over the last century, increasing the temperature of the earth, and consequently the probability and intensity of … [Read more...] about Building Sustainable Cities in the Caribbean: 3 lessons from Paramaribo
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Local enterprise and Government keeping Barbados clean
Photo author Adriana La Valley The Caribbean is a region that excels as a tourism destination with its white sand beaches and clear turquoise water. But no one really reflects on what it takes to keep them clean and what it takes to dispose of waste generated, in a sanitary and sustainable way. When it comes to waste, it is everyone’s business and it takes innovation … [Read more...] about Local enterprise and Government keeping Barbados clean
Boot camps to kickstart public-private partnerships in the Caribbean
Image by the Financial Gazette http://www.financialgazette.co.zw/ppps-help-reconstruction-efforts/ by David Bloomgarden and Dennis Blumenfeld The concept of public-private partnerships is in vogue in the Caribbean. Some governments mistakenly believe that PPPs allow the private sector to build and maintain infrastructure like roads, and provide public services like wastewater … [Read more...] about Boot camps to kickstart public-private partnerships in the Caribbean
Turning Caribbean Islands into “Climate Smart Islands”
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Author, dfaulder As a climate change adaptation consultant living and working in a small island developing State like Jamaica, I would like to reflect about some particular challenges that SIDS are facing today when it comes to sustainable development. The truth is that small islands by no means are facing small … [Read more...] about Turning Caribbean Islands into “Climate Smart Islands”
The bucket challenge in Jamaica
Can you imagine yourself walking 500 meters or even a mile every day to get water to cover your basic needs? Can you imagine thinking that every drop you use has to be efficiently distributed between cooking, cleaning and personal use and just a minimal waste can represent another trip to the nearest community water pond or water truck? Five hundred meters it’s not such a long … [Read more...] about The bucket challenge in Jamaica