Climate resilience in Puerto Rico, USVI subject of upcoming 2-day conference
April 19, 2022
Nearly 80 speakers and moderators working with climate change issues in the islands will share their perspectives.
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USDA invests $1.5M in partnerships to address climate change in Caribbean
January 13, 2022
The US Department of Agriculture announced a $9 million investment in new Cooperative Extension and USDA Climate Hubs partnerships to bolster climate research and connect and share climate-smart solutions directly with the agricultural community. The USDA Caribbean Climate Hub, which will receive $1.5 million, is partnering with minority-serving universities, including the University of Puerto Rico […]
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Op-Ed: Climate change increasingly forcing Puerto Ricans to flee island
December 7, 2020
The changes our planet is undergoing due to human activity has been a growing topic of discussion in recent years. As the damage we’re creating has gotten harder to ignore, finding someone who isn’t concerned about climate change is, thankfully, becoming more and more difficult. It’s hard to find a news channel that isn’t covering […]
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Op-Ed: A note to the Oversight Board — Are you considering climate change?
September 17, 2020
It is the public understanding that the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (FOMB) is “tasked with working with the people and government of Puerto Rico to create the necessary foundation for economic growth and to restore opportunity to the people of Puerto Rico.” Furthermore, its express statutory mandate includes that “at any time submit […]
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Climate change ranks highest as ‘vital issue of our time,’ Amnesty Int’l says
December 10, 2019
Climate change is one of the most important issues facing the world, according to a major new survey of young people published by Amnesty International today to mark Human Rights Day. With the findings published as governments meet in Spain for the UN Climate Change Conference, the organization warns that world leaders’ failure to address […]
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Rosselló signs sweeping P.R. Climate Change Act
May 24, 2019
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló signed the Puerto Rico Climate Change Mitigation, Adaption and Resiliency Act, which establishes clear goals, metrics and deadlines to comply and address climate change. “Climate change is real, and it is the biggest threat to our way of life. This is the issue of our generation — the time for discussion is […]
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Hurricanes expose decades of gov’t negligence in Caribbean climate change preparedness
April 10, 2018
Dinelle Henley fears for her native Cane Garden Bay, one of the most iconic and pristine beaches of the Caribbean. Like much of the British Virgin Islands (BVI,) the popular seaside village was devastated by winds, waves and flooding when the center of Hurricane Irma passed directly over the territory on Sept. 6.
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Dev’t banks urged to finance ‘green projects’ in LatAm
December 2, 2015
WASHINGTON — Mitigating the expected ravages of climate change — let alone investing in sustainable infrastructure projects — won’t come cheap, say finance experts who calculate the cost at a staggering $110 billion a year for Latin America alone.
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