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Integrate Caribbean energy services markets
June 28, 2021
Integration of the Caribbean energy services markets could help to make businesses more competitive and reduce costs for project development and hence, eventual prices to consumers. This should be a focus for CARICOM in the implementation of the Single Market and Economy. There has been a lot less emphasis on making sure that energy services are able to be traded […]
Cryptocurrencies, central banks, and the Caribbean
June 22, 2021
In less than three months’ time, El Salvador intends becoming the first country in the world to make Bitcoin its official currency alongside the US Dollar. The country’s President, Nayib Bukele, a populist and media savvy disruptor, says that his decision will generate employment, enable the financial inclusion of tens of thousands of the country’s […]
USAID AND CARICOM Development Fund sign an MOU to strengthen cooperation
June 22, 2021
The United States Agency for International Development/Eastern and Southern Caribbean Mission (USAID/ESC) and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Monday, June 21. The signing of the MOU occurred at the offices of the CDF in Barbados. The MOU provides a broad framework for cooperation between the two organizations and […]
Kenesjay Green announces the establishment of Trinidad and Tobago’s hydrogen research collaborative (H2RC)
June 21, 2021
Philip Julien, Chairman of Kenesjay Green and Managing Director of NewGen Energy, today shared in his company’s vision for greener energy supply and the rapidly growing global demand for New Carbon-free Green Hydrogen. He also gave insights into the opportunity for T&T to establish itself as a first-mover hydrogen differentiator and to build on the […]
Puerto Rico Energy Bureau OKs $1.2B in electrical infrastructure projects
June 18, 2021
The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau has approved $1.2 billion to be used for all electrical infrastructure projects included in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) 10-year infrastructure plan. Source
Hard-hit by COVID-19, Latin America seen skimping on climate cash
June 15, 2021
Latin America is investing too little in a green economic recovery from COVID-19, with only 2% of the region’s stimulus funds being spent on projects that help fight climate change, new data from Oxford University showed. Last year, 33 Latin American and Caribbean nations allocated $318 billion to fiscal and stimulus measures, but the tiny […]
Threatened Caribbean coral reefs get a new ally: the insurance industry
June 15, 2021
As climate change threatens coral reefs around the world, conservation experts in Latin America have enlisted an unlikely ally to try to preserve them: the insurance industry. Source
The Caribbean Sea faces dual threat of climate change and overfishing
June 15, 2021
The Caribbean Sea’s blue economy, touted as a sustainable solution to the region’s concerns, could be the Caribbean’s last hope. Global Voices produced an analysis of the region’s marine environment faces a long list of challenges. Source
PM Keith Rowley to Caricom – Increase provision of clean, secure energy
June 8, 2021
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley today said Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries have an opportunity to increase the penetration of natural gas within the Caribbean, which will aid in providing a clean, secure supply of energy to regional countries as they transition away from sources such as coal and heavy fuel oil. Rowley, who is also […]