* By Ignacio Fernández Admetlla Sistema Biobolsa is a social enterprise that manufactures, distributes, sells, and installs anaerobic bio-digesters that transform farm waste into renewable energy (biogas) and organic fertilizer to small and medium-sized farmers. A project supported by the MIF-OMJ accelerator program is now trying to strengthen the sustainability of Sistema … [Read more...] about “Biobolsa”: turning agricultural waste into biogas and organic fertilizer
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How can we make Caribbean islands “climate smart”?
Last September, representatives from 31 small islands members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) reaffirmed their commitment to the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) during the United Nations Third International Conference on SIDS, which took place in Apia, Samoa. As a climate change adaptation consultant living and working in a … [Read more...] about How can we make Caribbean islands “climate smart”?
IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate Change. What does it mean for the Caribbean?
By Dr Kenrick Leslie, CBE. Image by Peletico. The Caribbean's response to Climate Change is grounded in a firm regional commitment, policy and strategy. Our three foundation documents - The Liliendaal Declaration (July 2009), The Regional Framework for Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change (July 2009) and its Implementation Plan (March 2012) - are the basis for … [Read more...] about IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report on Climate Change. What does it mean for the Caribbean?
Call for proposals – your green idea could win up to US$15,000
Are you a young innovator? Are you a citizen of Latin America and the Caribbean? Are you passionate about climate change? If so, you are eligible to participate in the Greenovators contest, organized by Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and EARTH University, in collaboration with the Ibero-american General Secretariat and Costa Rica's Ministry of Environment and … [Read more...] about Call for proposals – your green idea could win up to US$15,000
Follow the opening ceremony of the CIF Partnership Forum 2014
Over 500 participants including climate innovators, policy makers, entrepreneurs, financiers, social advocates, and researchers participate this week in a two-day international Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum at the Montego Bay Convention Centre (Jamaica). Co-hosted by the CIF Administrative Unit and the Inter-American Development Bank and under the auspice of … [Read more...] about Follow the opening ceremony of the CIF Partnership Forum 2014