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Countries, like the Seychelles and Belize, with coastal blue carbon ecosystems are increasingly looking to the ocean for climate change and business solutions. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS

Blue ocean solutions for climate resilience and accelerated development

 Nairobi, Kenya, Dec 22 2021 (IPS) – Seychelles’ 115 islands are an exotic ocean ecosystem of beaches, coral reefs, and unique plant and animal ...

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The Beatrice field in the Moray Firth is the largest offshore wind farm in Scottish waters

Will ScotWind auction deliver a renewables revolution?

The ScotWind auction is the first time in a decade that plots of seabed in Scottish waters have been up for grabs. So when the successful bidders are ...

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The Les Cedres project on Reunion Island combines PV panels with organic farming

Reunion Island plans to go green

France’s overseas territory Reunion Island is aiming to produce all of its energy through renewables by the end of 2028. Though activists agree ...

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Deforestation in Indonesia has become a major political issue

Indonesia’s biodiesel drive is leading to deforestation

Indonesia pledged at the recent COP26 climate summit that its greenhouse gas emissions would peak by 2030 and then start to fall. It’s also ...

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Satellite images from JMA show the volcano eruption in Tonga on Jan 15, 2022.

Tonga remains cut off after a massive eruption and tsunami. Here’s what we know

 (CNN) – The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 yea...

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Europe’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Sea-Going Ferry Is Powered Purely by Renewable Energy

When innovative companies, government institutions, and universities join forces to bring positive changes, the result can only be a great one. Hyseas...

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Leaders in Glasgow finally acknowledge islands are uniquely threatened by climate change, but measures do not match urgency

At COP26 GTI strengthens international partnerships with key stakeholders The Glasgow climate summit has been seen by many as a faint step in the righ...

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Francesco La Camera and H.E. Molwyn Joseph

IRENA, Small Island States Align to Accelerate Energy Transition

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) have signed an agreement that will see the two organ...

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The Resilience Scorecard is transforming how Caribbean nations are responding to the climate crisis

The impacts of climate change are different around the world – the same solution for Germany or the United States cannot be implemented in Domin...

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Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, speaking at the 16th Raúl Prebisch Lecture in Geneva, Switzerland, September 10, 2019. Photo by Timothy Sullivan, via UNCTAD on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley’s defence of Small Island Developing States at COP26 makes her a regional rock star

‘Caribbean people have NEVER been more proud’ Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley’s representation of and advocacy for the Caribb...

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