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President of the Caribbean Development Bank Dr. Warren Smith says the bank is giving high priority to addressing the fallout from climate change in the region. (Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS)

Climate change solutions can’t wait for U.S. leadership

By Desmond Brown BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (IPS) — From tourism-dependent nations like Barbados to those rich with natural resources like Guyana, climate change poses one of the biggest challenges for the…

3 Apr 2017 8:16PM

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A manmade rainwater catchment on a farm in Antigua. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS

Caribbean faces forecast for prolonged drought

2 Apr 2017 7:20AM

Director of Richmond Vale Academy in St. Vincent Stina Herberg explains how compost is produced using vegetation, cardboard, and animal droppings. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS

How a devastating hurricane led to St. Vincent’s first sustainability school

1 Apr 2017 6:39AM

Bequian whalers are permitted to kill four humpback whales per year but almost never maximise the quota. Here, they process a 50-foot humpback whale caught in March 2017. (iWN photo)

Bequia’s century old unifier faces a rift

19 Mar 2017 7:04AM

In November 2009, Guyana made a deal with Norway, which agreed to pay up to 250 million dollars over the course of five years if Guyana maintained its low deforestation rate. The country has been lauded for its low-carbon development path. (Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS)

Guyana’s new oil fields both blessing and curse

12 Mar 2017 5:20PM

Torrential rains from trough systems in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in November 2016 resulted in landslides like this one, which swept one structure away and threatened nearby houses. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS

Caribbean awaits Trump moves on climate funding, Paris deal

by Kenton X. Chance KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, (IPS) — Caribbean leaders worry that with climate change sceptic Donald Trump in the White House, it will be more difficult for small…

6 Mar 2017 7:07AM

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