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Taking the Samoa Pathway: Second Caribbean Green Economy Conference in Kingston, February 23 – 25, 2015

Petchary's Blog

I will be writing, tweeting and reporting from this very special and important conference hosted by the Jamaican Government in Kingston this week. Below is the official press release. For more information, do contact Alison Christie Binger: Tel: 876-330-1155(cell); email: achristie@illuminartecommunications.com

I DO hope that the local/Caribbean media will report on more than the Minister’s keynote speech, and that there will be substantive, in-depth reporting on this meeting. By the way, you can follow me @petchary on Twitter. 

Jamaica will host the second Caribbean Green Economy Conference (CGEC) on February 23-25, 2015 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. Robert Pickersgill, Jamaica’s Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, will be the keynote speaker at the official opening.

The Conference is a collaborative initiative of The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the University of the West Indies (UWI) with support from the European Union. It will be held under the theme “Implementing…

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Gaza, Palestine

UNRWA Declares Urgent Need for 100 M to Repair Gaza Homes

UNRWA has registered 96,ooo homes as refugee houses or structures exposed to breaking down. The agency stressed the urgent need for $720 million to repair these houses.

The consequences of last summer assault are still ongoing, and the number of homes that were damaged is estimated reach about 100,000 by this March.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees last month halted Gaza reconstruction for lack of fund, since it could not afford repairing homes because “donors have failed to pay.”

via UNRWA Declares Urgent Need for 0 M to Repair Gaza Homes.