Environment
Africans boycott meetings at UN climate talks
BARCELONA, Spain - African countries boycotted meetings at UN climate talks yesterday, saying that industrial countries had set carbon-cutting targets too low for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions....more
Countries ranked for climate change investments
Sunday, November 01, 2009
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (AP) - Investors wanting to put money in climate-friendly businesses would be wise to look at Germany, Brazil or even China rather than at the United States, an international investment group said Monday....moreAustralia may have to evacuate coastal areas — report
Sunday, November 01, 2009
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia may have to force people to evacuate coastal areas as rising sea levels threaten thousands of homes, an official report has warned....moreWednesday, October 28, 2009
GEORGE Johnson, 57, has witnessed many fish kills in his 40 years of eking out a living from the Black River in St Elizabeth. But the one that occurred in September this year, he believes, is by far the worst....more
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EFJ presents Earth-Friendly Awards
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
PROTECT the Environment Trust (PET) is among the five organisations and two private sector companies to be awarded by the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) for their outstanding recycling efforts....moreHope Gardens undergoes improvement
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
WITH an annual budget of $96 million, it will take much more than one fundraising event to help finance the operations of the Hope Botanical Gardens and Zoo....more'There'll be no more dumping in Norbrook'
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
THE National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has said that it will be going after people who illegally dump garbage in sections of the upscale Norbrook community in St Andrew....more 1 comment
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
PROFESSOR in environmental management at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Elizabeth Thomas-Hope is calling for a culture and behaviour change from Jamaica's government, businesses and citizens to offset a crisis in solid waste disposal....moreJamaica not optimistic for climate deal in December
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
IMPORTANT figures in Jamaica's delegation to the crucial United Nations climate change summit in Denmark in December are doubtful that leaders of developed countries will sign off on measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which fuel global warming....moreWednesday, October 28, 2009
I am in complete agreement with proposals put forth at the 13th World Forestry Congress in Argentina that developing countries be paid to conserve their forests as a significant contribution to reducing emissions....more 1 comment
Thousands of dead fish washed up in Puerto Rico
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Thousands of dead fish are washing up on the shores of a lagoon in Puerto Rico's capital....moreForest carbon payments could secure fair land rights in Latin America
Sunday, October 25, 2009
BUEÑOS Aires, Argentina - Proposals to pay developing countries to conserve billions of tonnes of carbon stored in tropical forests could help secure land rights for some of Latin America's poorest people, a leading forestry research institute said Wednesday....morePoll: US belief in global warming is cooling
Sunday, October 25, 2009
WASHINGTON, USA (AP) - Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming....moreIndia, China agree to co-operate on climate change
Sunday, October 25, 2009
NEW DELHI, India (AP) - India and China, both major polluters and crucial players in fighting global warming, agreed Wednesday to stand together on climate change issues at a major global conference later this year....moreJa gives cautious support to forest-climate change deal
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Jamaica's Forestry Department has cautiously supported the inking of a deal on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), which could see the island attracting millions to its coffers....more 1 comment
US to support Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum
Sunday, October 11, 2009
A US Government delegation, including officials from the US Departments of State and Energy and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), will participate in the Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) on October 15 and 16 in Montego Bay....more 2 comments
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