Stories written by Desmond Brown

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts

Caribbean Farming Gets Its Roots Wet

By Desmond Brown
As Caribbean communities grapple with the entwined challenges of climate change and food security, modern technologies offer hope that the region's stagnating agricultural sector can be made more profitable.

Caribbean Scientist Warns of Climate Change Disaster

By Desmond Brown
The Caribbean does not have the luxury of time for decisive action on climate change and global warming. In fact, it is on the brink of calamity, according to a prominent scientist.

Optimistic but Cautious, Grenada Bolsters Its Water Resources

By Desmond Brown
One daunting scientific forecast states that almost half of the world's population will live in areas of water scarcity by 2030. Yet Christopher Husbands, the head of Grenada's National Water and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA), is unfazed.

Aiming to Conserve Energy, Antigua Turns to Its Residents

By Desmond Brown
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.

Caribbean Tourism Stakes Salvation on Greener Policies

By Desmond Brown
Tourism, widely regarded as the mainstay of Caribbean economies, is being challenged to remain sustainable in an era of climate change and its impact on beaches, rivers and other attractions.

Solar Streetlights Light the Way Toward Green Energy in Caribbean

By Desmond Brown
The tiny federation of St. Kitts-Nevis and its larger neighbour to the north, Jamaica, are leading the Caribbean's search for new ways to become more energy efficient by installing new solar streetlights, a green alternative to traditional ones.

In Caribbean, Climate-Smart Agriculture Bolsters Farm Production

By Desmond Brown
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.

Guyana Hits Paydirt on Low Carbon Development Path

By Desmond Brown
Imagine Guyana and Dominica without forests and rivers, or Antigua, Barbados and St. Lucia without beaches.

In Dominica, Diminished Rivers Among Climate Change’s Effects

By Desmond Brown
Eighty-year-old Rupert Lawrence has been living in the Dominica capital, Roseau, for nearly 60 years. Like visitors to the island, he too is fascinated by the fact that the town square has a river running right through its centre.

Caribbean Islands Find Economic Advantages in Sustainable Energy

By Desmond Brown
With the exception of oil rich Trinidad and Tobago, most, if not all, other Caribbean islands are extremely vulnerable when it comes to the high costs of imported fuels that are easily disrupted by natural disasters and other phenomena.

Caribbean Islands Find Economic Advantages in Sustainable Energy

By Desmond Brown
With the exception of oil rich Trinidad and Tobago, most, if not all, other Caribbean islands are extremely vulnerable when it comes to the high costs of imported fuels that are easily disrupted by natural disasters and other phenomena.

Antigua Prepares for Consequences of Superstorm Sandy

By Desmond Brown
Tourism-dependent Antigua may have been spared the ravages of superstorm Sandy, but the island is nevertheless feeling its effects on environmental, political and economic fronts.

Tiny Barbuda Fears Increasingly Hostile Climate

By Desmond Brown
Local scientists are warning the tiny 62-square-mile island of Barbuda is becoming one of the most vulnerable spots on earth to the consequences of climate change.

Amid Food Crisis, Caribbean Agriculture Going to Seed

By Desmond Brown
With the average age of a farmer in the Caribbean now 62 years old, there is growing concern that commercial agriculture is on a path to extinction – a dire scenario for a region already shouldering a massive food import bill.

Some Caribbean Hotels Back Away from Battered Coastlines

By Desmond Brown
The postcards portray sand, sea and sun. But key players in the Caribbean tourism industry are warning that it's time to shift gears away from the region's threatened coastlines and instead promote inland attractions like biodiversity.
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