Climate scientist, Professor Michael Taylor, says discussions and initiatives regarding climate change must focus on adaptation and mitigation solutions and involve urgent and coordinated planning to ensure a sustainable future. He argued that the strategies must take into consideration the fact that climate change adaptation is unavoidable across all sectors of society and unprecedented mitigation mechanisms, including drastically reducing greenhouse...

The Climate Change Division of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, will stage its inaugural Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) workshop for climate change stakeholders, at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Tuesday (January 29). The workshop, under the theme: ‘Strengthening Jamaica’s Capacity to meet Transparency Requirements under the Paris Agreement,’ is part of the...

In light of the ban on single-use plastic bags, Community Relations Manager, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Ms. Rachel Reid, is encouraging Jamaicans to use more cardboard boxes to package their waste. Speaking at a Policy Forum hosted by the Management Institute for National Development (MIND), in Kingston, today (January 18), Ms. Reid said that cardboard boxes are made...

The Management Institute for National Development (MIND) will host its first Policy Forum for 2019 on Friday, January 18, under the theme ‘Remove, Reduce, Recycle: An Imperative for Sustaining a Healthy Natural Environment’, at its Kingston Campus, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Director, Business Development and Communication at MIND, Marlene Campbell, said the forum is in support of the...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has heightened its garbage disposal public education campaign in western Jamaica, in the wake of the ban on single use plastic material. The ban on the importation, manufacturing and distribution of expanded polystyrene products (Styrofoam), plastic bags -24” x 24” or less in size, and plastic drinking straws came into effect on January...

Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Peter Knight, is encouraging citizens to get in the habit of using alternatives to plastic, which he noted, is harmful to the environment. He said that there are practical solutions to the material available on the market. “Reusable (cloth) bags are available in supermarkets as well as pharmacies. The...

President of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Professor Fritz Pinnock, says the Government’s ban on single-use plastics will reduce the harmful effects of the material on marine life and the wider environment. "Plastics are deadly; they are dangerous; they are… not sustainable, and I endorse the plastic ban,” he said at a recent JIS Think Tank. “We are on the...