Cockpit Country: Freedom Imaginaries warns of imminent encroaching by Noranda Mining despite injunction. 🚨🚨🚨

.AOSIS #COP27 Statement: “A mission 30 years in the making, accomplished” Historic #LossAndDamage response fund to assist and support developing countries is finally established at UN climate summit → READ FULL STATEMENT: 1point5.info/en/messengers/…

“We have determined a way forward on a decades-long conversation on #LossAndDamage.” Simon Stiell Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Change at the Closing Plenary of #COP27 on the decision to establish a #LossAndDamage fund.

The COP27 agreememt to establish the loss and damage fund is historic, but the true advance will be in its operationalisation.

With our thanks and gratitude to Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre and all of the Caribbean, SIDS & other #ClimateChange-vulnerable nations' negotiators, CSO/NGOs and Global South press people present on the ground in Sharm el Sheik for #COP27.

Walk good, my friend, walk good.

jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-s… Bauxite contributes less than: 3% of FX; 2% of GDP; 1/10 of 1% of employment. The idea that its demise would be such a "blow to the economy" that we should sacrifice our environmental beauty, ecosystem services, and physical health to it is unsupported.

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CANARI's first-ever crowdfunding campaign is women-focussed. Help us do more to support female entrepreneurs who are trying to do right by the environment while supporting themselves & their families.

🎙 Tune into Ep. 2 of our podcast series, #BetterThanBefore. 👤 It features Judith Wedderburn, Gender Advocate, WMW Jamaica on “Closing the gap: Gender equity and social inclusion in the Caribbean” 📌 Listen: bit.ly/40b8MxB

Jamaican NGO Twitter friends - do you know if any consultation was held with the Charities sector on the new (2022) regulations for the Charities Act?

An oldie but goodie from Earth Day 2021. While individual action is important, policy thar maximises people’s welfare and freedoms, drives technological innovation, and allows society to operate within Earth’s limits is essential. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Haiti's Jean Weiner shares... oecd-forum.org/posts/aligning…

HISTORY FOR JAMAICA!!! THE REGGAE GIRLZ ADVANCE TO THE ROUND 16 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER 🇯🇲👏

"Areas with lower bird diversity ‘have more mental health hospital admissions’." Something to ponder as we sacrifice trees and green spaces in the name of development. independent.co.uk/news/health/ca…

nature.com/articles/d4158… What the world needs is leaders who can build viable political coalitions to push for truly sustainable — and more-equitable — development

One of the many facets of climate change impacts - BBC News - Kenya's Lake Baringo: Surviving hippo and crocodile attacks bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr…

🍃 The sixth Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (#CEPF) Call for Proposals in the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot is launching soon (20.10.2023). 📣 Stay tuned! CEPF WorldBank #CaribbeanBiodiversity

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There are so many "life goes on stories" from across the planet. Here's one from Haiti. How Does Restoring Mangroves Make A Better Life For Fishers In Haiti? forbes.com/sites/andrewwi…