St. Lucia

Q&A: Building Resilience through Waste Diversion and Reduction

By Alison Kentish
Jua Kali is a social enterprise tackling waste management and helping to reduce reliance on St. Lucia’s only landfill, which will reach the end of its lifespan in 2023. The company, with its slogan ‘Trashing the Idea of Waste,’ hosts waste collection drives through pop up depots that encourage residents to bring in glass, plastic and tin cans in exchange for supermarket shopping points.

St. Lucia’s PM on Climate Change: “Time Is Against Us”

By Desmond Brown
A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prime minister has reiterated the call for developed countries to assist Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in their quest to combat the effects of climate change.

Extreme Weather Wiping Out Hard-Won GDP Gains in Hours

By Kenton X. Chance
With Antigua and Barbuda joining St. Kitts and Nevis as the two eastern Caribbean nations to attain middle-income country status, a senior diplomat has identified climate change as a major factor preventing other nations in the grouping from taking the same step forward.

Making the Case for Caribbean Fishers at Paris Climate Conference

By Desmond Brown
Horace Walters has made the 6,903km journey from his native St. Lucia to Paris to deliver a simple, yet urgent message to the international community.

Prolonged Drought Leaves Caribbean Farmers Broke and Worried

By Kenton X. Chance
St. Lucian farmer Anthony Herman was hoping that next year he’d manage to recoup some of the losses he sustained after 70 per cent of his cashew crop withered and died in the heat of the scorching southern Caribbean sun.

Falling Oil Prices Won’t Derail St. Lucia’s Push for Clean Energy

By Kenton X. Chance
At Plas Kassav, a roadside outlet in Canaries, a rural community in western St. Lucia, a busload of visitors from other Caribbean countries, along with tourists from North America and Europe, sample the 12 flavours of freshly baked cassava bread on sale.

Biodiversity, Climate Change Solutions Inextricably Linked

By Desmond Brown
The remarkable biodiversity of the countries of the Caribbean, already under stress from human impacts like land use, pollution, invasive species, and over-harvesting of commercially valuable species, now faces an additional threat from climate change.

St. Lucia Builds Resilience to Drought and Flooding

By Desmond Brown
As unpredictable weather patterns impact water availability and quality in St. Lucia, the Caribbean island is moving to build resilience to climate-related stresses in its water sector.

Caribbean Grapples with Intense New Cycles of Flooding and Drought

By Desmond Brown
As unpredictable weather patterns impact water availability and quality in St. Lucia, the Caribbean island is moving to build resilience to climate-related stresses in its water sector.

In Eastern Caribbean, Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold

By Desmond Brown
Christmas 2013 was the most “dreary and depressing” Don Corriette can remember in a very long time.

Christmas Storm Underlines Caribbean’s Vulnerability

By Desmond Brown
Guyanese President Donald Ramotar says the death and destruction caused by intense rainfall in three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries over the Christmas holidays is a sign that the region has no time to lose in fortifying its resiliance to climate change.

Tallying Losses, St. Vincent Begins Repairs After Deadly Flood

By Desmond Brown
Ralph Gonsalves fought to hold back tears as he shared how his cousin was killed the night before Christmas.

Christmas Deluge Brings Disaster to Eastern Caribbean

By Desmond Brown
Colleen James arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from Canada two days before Christmas hoping to enjoy the holiday season with her family. Now she’s getting ready to bury her two-year-old daughter and 18-year-old sister.

“We in the Caribbean Are Living Climate Change”

By Desmond Brown
The Mocho Mountains that run through the centre of Jamaica were once covered by lush tropical forests that helped control rainfall. Now, much of the forests and farmlands have been destroyed and the community is hard hit by the resultant extreme weather.

Five Caribbean States Join Pilot for Energy Efficiency

By Peter Richards
Every year, the Caribbean's electric sector burns through approximately 30 million barrels of fuel. Overall, the region imports in excess of 170 million barrels of petroleum products annually.

Caribbean Looks at Financial Approach to Combat Climate Change

By Desmond Brown
The Caribbean has the unenviable reputation as one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world, a situation exacerbated by climate change and vulnerability that experts warn could have significant economic consequences if unaddressed.

Caribbean Weighs Allegiance to Taiwan vs. China

By Bert Wilkinson
As Caribbean leaders meet in St. Lucia this week, they are focusing on a series of routine issues affecting the region, including problems with the smooth operation of the single trading market.


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