Tag: developing countries

The Paris Agreement at COP 21: CARICOM’s Official Statement

December 26, 2015

As I observed earlier in this blog, reactions to the conclusion of COP21 and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, within and outside the Caribbean, have been decidedly mixed. Somewhat belatedly, I am sharing with you CARICOM Chairman Freundel Stuarts’s Statement, which seems to say all the right things. Will the Caribbean be able to … More The Paris Agreement at COP 21: CARICOM’s Official Statement

Change

October 2, 2010

As the French say, “Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose” (the more things change, the more they remain the same). But in Jamaica, things don’t change at all. Take the current disaster, for example. According to the latest reports, thirteen people have been killed and at least eight more are still missing after … More Change