by admin | Jun 15, 2020 | Blogs, News, Resilience
Blog post by CANARI’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Champion, Ambassador Dessima Williams: As we respond in 2020 and beyond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the human race has an unprecedented opportunity to change course and transform self, society and all...
by admin | Jan 8, 2020 | Blogs, News
Blog post by CANARI’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Champion, Ambassador Dessima Williams (left in photo): In reversing United Nations findings since 2016 that the world is not on track to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030,...
by admin | Nov 20, 2019 | Blogs, News, Resilience
Sasha Jattansingh, Senior Technical Officer, CANARI Climate change blog: November 21, 2019 The adverse effects of climate change are being experienced by developing countries, particularly low- and middle-income countries, at an increasing pace. Developing...
by admin | Aug 19, 2019 | Blogs, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction, News
Ainka Granderson, Ph.D., Senior Technical Officer, CANARI Climate Change Blog: August 19, 2019 Climate change and disasters, such as the two unprecedented Category 5 Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, are a critical and ever-increasing challenge for Caribbean...
by admin | Oct 6, 2017 | Blogs, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction, Publications
When a natural disaster devastates a country, the global community earnestly reaches out to help in the recovery and reconstruction efforts. Funds are pledged and donors set up new projects to address various areas of development. The approach that donors take and the...
by admin | Sep 27, 2017 | Blogs, Green Economy, News, Publications, Rural Livelihoods
If ‘greenwashing’ is the practice of making unsubstantiated or misleading claims about the environmental benefits of an action, then perhaps we now need a new term – ‘bluewashing’ – to reflect where coastal and marine development initiatives may be...