Holness calls for ‘cooperation and partnerships ‘ to address challenges of climate change

Holness calls for ‘cooperation and partnerships ‘ to address challenges of climate change

  CHARLEVOIX, Quebec – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness  said at the G7 summit here on the weekend that Jamaica has supported climate change adaptation and is about to take steps  ” to limit and control plastics and other non bio-degradable materials and consumer waste which threaten our coastline and oceans. “However, we need  partnership […]

Climate change gnaws at coastal Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – As world leaders discuss climate change in Paris, Trinidadians recall that an unusually heavy rainfall battered Trinidad’s east coast a year ago, overwhelming a lagoon and flooding a major access road to the island’s south-eastern communities. As the flood waters poured over Manzanilla beach, they washed sand away, caved in […]