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A woman purchases fish at a market in Kingstown, St. Vincent. CARICOM leaders say fisheries is one of the important economic sectors already being impacted by climate change. (Photo: Kenton X. Chance/IPS)
A woman purchases fish at a market in Kingstown, St. Vincent. CARICOM leaders say fisheries is one of the important economic sectors already being impacted by climate change. (Photo: Kenton X. Chance/IPS)

Caribbean stakes out ‘red lines’ for Paris climate talks

By Kenton X. Chance CASTRIES, St. Lucia,  (IPS) — When the international climate change talks ended in Peru last December, the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a political and economic union…

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Workers use electricity and firewood to prepare cassava bread in Canaries, St. Lucia. The country’s government says renewable energy can help with value-added in the agricultural sector. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS
Workers use electricity and firewood to prepare cassava bread in Canaries, St. Lucia. The country’s government says renewable energy can help with value-added in the agricultural sector. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS

Falling oil prices won’t derail St. Lucia’s push for clean energy

By Kenton X. Chance CASTRIES, Feb 25 2015 (IPS) – At Plas Kassav, a roadside outlet in Canaries, a rural community in western St. Lucia, a busload of visitors from…

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