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Barbados seeking to establish ‘green bank’
November 5, 2021
Barbados is to establish a green bank that will facilitate private investment in domestic low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure. Several governments have in recent years established green banks as part of their efforts to facilitate private investment into domestic low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure. Source
Antigua – Barbuda, Tuvalu to seek justice for climate change damage before international courts
November 5, 2021
The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda – current chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and the prime minister of Tuvalu today signed an historic accord that opens the way for ground-breaking litigation before international courts. This offers a novel legal path to address the severe damage to Small Island States caused […]
UK, CDB to improve the energy network in Barbuda
November 5, 2021
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) approved a grant to reconstruct and rehabilitate the energy network in Barbuda. The project is being funded by the United Kingdom under its aid programme. The CDB-administered grant of GBP 2.85 million will finance the undergrounding of about half of the 16 kilometres electricity network of the island, and provide […]
Foxconn sets sights on making EVs in Latin America, Europe, India
October 27, 2021
Taiwan tech giant Foxconn is looking at making electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe, India and Latin America, including “indirectly” cooperating with German automakers, Chairman Liu Young-way said on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Source
GSS bonds and other forms of sustainable finance have become a mainstream feature of Latin American debt capital markets
October 27, 2021
Sustainability issues in Latin America have long been closely linked to finance, but never more so than today. Latin America’s tropical forests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth—and highly vulnerable to the increasingly significant effects of climate change. Source
New CDB President: Sustainable energy transition vital for Caribbean development
October 27, 2021
The President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Gene Leon, has cited the transition to sustainable energy a critical imperative for regional development. Source
Global energy crisis comes to drought-stricken South America
October 27, 2021
The energy crisis sweeping the globe is about to hit South America, where a historic drought has the region desperate to replace a collapse in hydroelectric generation as reported by Bloomberg. Source
The first large-scale green hydrogen project advances in Argentina
October 27, 2021
Integración Energética Argentina Sociedad Anónima (IEASA) signed an agreement with the Fraunhofer Institute to advance the development of the country’s first large-scale green hydrogen project. Source in Spanish
COP26: Latin America heads to Glasgow climate summit with half-empty hands
October 26, 2021
Latin America and the Caribbean are heading to a new climate summit with a menu of insufficient measures to address the effects of the crisis, in the midst of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. The world’s most unequal region, which is the hardest hit by the effects of climate change and highly vulnerable to […]