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	News Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Island States Throw Off the Heavy Yoke of Fossil Fuels BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - The Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, on a quest to become the world’s first sustainable island state, has taken a giant leap in its programme to cut energy costs. Last week, the government broke ground to construct the country’s second solar farm, and Prime Minister... Read more
	News Friday, December 05, 2014 Climate Finance Flowing, But for Many, the Well Remains Dry LIMA, Peur - For more than 10 years, Mildred Crawford has been “a voice in the wilderness” crying out on behalf of rural women in agriculture. Crawford, 50, who grew up in the small Jamaican community of Brown’s Hall in St. Catherine parish, was “filled with enthusiasm” when she received an... Read more
	News Saturday, November 08, 2014 Responding to Climate Change from the Grassroots Up GUNTHORPES, Antigua - As concern mounts over food security, two community groups are on a drive to mobilize average people across Antigua and Barbuda to mitigate and adapt in the wake of global climate change, which is affecting local weather patterns and by extension, agricultural production. “I... Read more
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