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The UN is studying the best mechanism to fund the reconstruction of Haiti
Haiti clean up
The United Nations is studying the "best mechanism" to fund the reconstruction of Haiti following the destructive earthquake of January 12. UN officials say technical experts from various international financial institutions and the UN have already begun what is known as the post-disaster needs assessment to work out a list of initial demands for the international donor conference scheduled to take place in New York in late March. The Haitian government has estimated it will take at least 3 billion dollars over ten years to restore the country to functioning. At an international conference Monday in Montreal, 20 countries pledged to "stand with Haiti for the long term," saying an initial 10-year commitment was "essential," according to Jordan Ryan, the head of Crisis Prevention at the UN Development Programme-UNDP.
Trinidad and Tobago is working towards creating a sustainable tourism industry
Trinidad and Tobago
This is a time of transition and a call to action where the Caribbean has to think outside the box of tried and true and run with new ideas. The view was expressed by Giselle Morris of the Tourism Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago. She told a recent Caribbean Media Exchange-C-Mex meeting on Sustainable Tourism that the global downturn has provided an opportunity to create a tourism product that is sustainable for the generations of Caribbean people to come.
Barbados warns that no country should claim exemption from being part of the solution to the effects of climate change
Barbados
Barbados has warned that since no one is spared from the adverse impacts of climate change, no country should claim exemption from being part of the solution.
Foreign Minister Maxine McClean called on all nations at the Copenhagen climate summit to play their part, adding that as part of its contribution to the global mitigation effort, Barbados will scale up significantly its efforts at improved energy efficiency.
Suriname says it's ranked as the most vulnerable country in Latin America and the Caribbean to the impacts of climate change
President Venetian said that in spite of the conspicuous role forests play in relation to global climate change, Suriname is one of the most vulnerable countries as far as the impacts of climate change are concerned.
Producer: Donn Bobb
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