CARIBBEAN BLUE ECONOMY: A TRILLION DOLLAR OPPORTUNITY

By: Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com September 6, 2022 There over ten blue economy concepts within the region and twenty-five national projects within OECS states that require both innovators and financiers if…

Disaster Preparedness Hub in Caribbean Will Save Lives and Tons of Money

By: Andrew Kaminsky August 30, 2022 The United Nations (U.N.) announced its plans to establish a disaster preparedness hub in the Caribbean earlier this month. Located at the international airport…

Tropical depression likely to form near southeast Caribbean

By David Fleshler, Robin Webb and Steve Svekis South Florida Sun-Sentinel August 30, 2022 The first tropical depression in two months appears likely to form this week, as an unusually…

Clean energy in the Caribbean: a triple win

August 23, 2022 Even in the best of times, Caribbean consumers face some of the highest energy prices globally due to heavy reliance on expensive and volatile fossil fuel imports.…

Decarbonisation was “key” at regional climate conference!

By: Staff Writer August 19, 2022 The Caribbean Regional Heads of Government Meeting in preparation for COP27, held on August 17-18 in The Bahamas, highlighted the need to focus on…

Regional UNFCCC Meeting Attendees share a ‘determination to make important progress’ on climate change issues

August 16, 2022 During his Official Remarks at the Opening Plenary Session of the Caribbean Regional Heads of Government Meeting in Preparation for the United Nations Climate Change Conference of…

PROCESS FOUR TONNES OF SARGASSUM A DAY WITH $250K LEND

By: Staff Writer August 12, 2022 A Biotech-company sees opportunities in Sargassum seaweed invasion and ready to “scale up,” on $250,000 lend to build capacity to process four tonnes a…

Barbados: New UN disaster preparedness hub built on ‘frontlines of climate change’

August 12, 2022 A new UN-backed humanitarian logistics hub and training centre in Barbados aims to strengthen emergency preparedness and response across the Caribbean, the World Food Programme (WFP) said…

Record Amount of Seaweed Choking Caribbean Shores

August 5, 2022 Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases. More than…

From sargassum to liquid sunshine- a call for seaweed to nutrient rich food!

By: Staff Writer July 29, 2022 A Barbadian agricultural entrepreneur is making the invasive and destructive sargassum seaweed into big business, turning it into plant fertilizer, using it to develop…

Extreme events and persistent droughts made COVID-19 worse says WMO!

By: Staff Writer July 29, 2022 The World Meteorological Organisation says in their “State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), 2021” report that while climate change is…

What’s a shark ordinarily associated with the Arctic doing around a Caribbean coral reef?

July 29, 2022 A half-blind shark that is typically thought to live in freezing Arctic waters, scavenge on polar bear carcasses and survive for hundreds of years, recently turned up…