Renewable Energy Targets in Small Island Developing States

Climate change, combined with recent geopolitical developments, has sent shockwaves throughout the global economy, magnifying concerns around energy security, food security and weather-related disasters. Small island developing states (SIDS), which are amongst the lowest emitters worldwide, are most at risk from these potential threats. However, they are increasingly employing ambitious plans to deploy renewable energy in order to secure its multiple benefits. This technical paper presents a quantification of SIDS’ renewable energy targets, both in their national energy plans and in their NDCs, comparing commitments made within their national policies and plans with those that extend to the Paris Agreement...

RENEWABLE ENERGY: A Caribbean Crossroad

Renewables 2021 Global Status Report GSR2021_Full_Report

The Renewables 2021 Global Status Report is the worldwide reference document for the market, policy, and technology trends in renewable energy for 2020. Crowdsourced from hundreds of contributors from industry, NGOs, governments, and academia across the world, this year’s report raises a fundamental question: what is holding the world back from using the COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity for transformation? REN21’s 2021 report shows that governments need to give a much harder push to renewables in all sectors, and advocates for the establishment of renewable shares as key performance indicators for both private and public decision-making processes, as well as...

REVS Webinar – Developing the REVS Presentation

Presentation made by Curtis Boodoo, CARICOM Energy, at the REVS Webinar on 2020-06-16.

REVS Webinar – Future Considerations Presentation

Country Belize, RE Technologies, sustainable transport, hydrogen cars, decentralized energy, Presentation, Michael Strizki, Hydrogen House Project, , 2020-06-16, General Access, PPF

REVS Webinar – Innovation Presentation

RE Technologies, sustainable transport, electric vehicles, Presentation, Xavier Gordon, info@xergy.ca, Xergy Energy, 2020-06-16, General Access

REVS Webinar – Scene Setting Presentation

Presentation made by Dr. Devon Gardner, CARICOM Energy, at the REVS Webinar on 2020-06-16.

Road safety in the Caribbean Region: Safe Urban Mobility

Online 1-month self-paced course on the vulnerability of users and obtain an understanding of some of the main challenges and effective interventions for safe urban mobility. The course can be accessed via  IDBx: Road safety in the Caribbean region: safe urban mobility The course is offered by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) through the edX platform.

Saint Lucia: National Infrastructure Assessment

This report was written in a collaboration between the Government of St. Lucia, the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the University of Oxford-led Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC). The report examines the possible vision for the island’s future infrastructure aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change. this report equips Saint Lucia with a robust approach to infrastructure planning that can ensure that social, economic, and environmental needs are met in a range of future scenarios. Through extensive data collection and cross-sectoral analysis, this report estimates Saint Lucia’s future infrastructure needs for...

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