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Caribbean needs help to combat climate change
2013-12-29 09:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jamaica Observer: CHRISTMAS 2013 was not a happy one for some parts of the Eastern Caribbean. The region was hit by extraordinarily heavy rains which caused massive floods and landslides. As a result, there was catastrophe everywhere. Eight people died in St Vincent and the Grenadines, dozens of families there were forced out of their homes, water and electricity were cut off in many places, and some people are still missing. In St Lucia, five people were killed by landslides and the rains caused extensive destruction...
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JAMAICA: Diageo's Desnoes and Geddes sells stakes in Caribbean breweries
2013-12-23 13:33:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Diageo-controlled Desnoes and Geddes (D&G) has sold its minority holdings in two Caribbean breweries to Heineken for US$9.26m.
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$900m risk in Caribbean from rising sea levels
2013-11-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tribune: RISING sea levels could cause the tourism industry to lose almost $900 million a year by 2050, says a research group. Sea rise, surge or erosion could cause as much as 1,200 square miles of Caribbean coastal land to be lost along with damage or destruction of half of the major tourist resorts. A report by the Inter-American Development Bank titled Climate Changes Impact on the Caribbeans Ability to Sustain Tourism, Natural Assets, and Livelihoods forecasts the destruction unless Caribbean...
'Vocal group' representing Caribbean at Warsaw climate talks
2013-11-14 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Jamaica Observer: The The 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 9th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol began here on Monday with the Caribbean having a relatively small but "very, very vocal" delegation at the talks, according to a source familiar with the closed-door negotiations. "For small island states, loss and damage is a major, major issue and at the same...
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Caribbean Food and Drink Report Q1 2014
2013-11-13 01:00:00| Beverage industry market research - from just-drinks.com
Business Monitor International's Caribbean Food and Drink Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, food and drink associations, government departments and regulatory
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