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head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Achim Steiner, speaking to reporters in Abu Dhabi on Jan. 14, 2023.

Shift to green energy shouldn’t become debt burden for developing world

By Kenton X. Chance ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (CMC) — The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Achim Steiner, says the shift to renewable energy should not…

17 Jan 2023 7:07AM

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Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment. (CMC photo)

COP28 host UAE commits to ‘1.5 to stay alive’

15 Jan 2023 2:27PM

Gov’t to shore up efforts to save Salt Whistle Bay

15 Jan 2023 1:37PM

This year, EC$80.3 million of the EC$1.4 billion budget is allocated to environmental protection. The government continues to spend million on sea defence, such as this one concluded in Georgetown last September. (Photo: Lance Neverson/Facebook)

2022 UN Climate summit was ‘at best, a mirage in the desert’ — Gonsalves

12 Jan 2023 10:35AM

Guyana is home to large, virgin rainforests.

Guyana is to help St. Vincent with reforestation

6 Jan 2023 6:41AM

Police use used tyres to destroy illegal drugs at Rabacca on Nov. 9, 2022.

Gov’t to cease burning tyres at Rabacca

The burning of used tyres at Rabacca is to become a thing of the past. Minister of Health Jimmy Prince has told Parliament that the government will set up a…

20 Dec 2022 7:03AM

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