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Climate Change: Are We Hypocrites in A&B?

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The COP-26 climate negotiations have ended after strong deliveries from small island leaders like Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Browne. But here at home, some ask whether domestic policy on environment and energy squares up with our pro-clean energy, pro-conservation rhetoric on the world stage. 

Internationally, we talk a lot about the very real destruction that a changing climate is more rapidly causing to our sensitive environment. But are we really doing all that we should to enforce conservation and responsible development to protect that environment? In this episode we ask: What are our strengths and weaknesses when it comes to environment and energy policy here at home, and what needs to change?

The host is Kieron Murdoch. The guests are:

  1. Mr. John Mussington, marine biologist. He is a graduate of the University of the West Indies with majors in Chemistry and Biology, as well as a graduate of the UWI’s Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies. He has over 30 years’ experience as a consultant on environmental impact assessments in Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis and in Dominica.
  2. Ms. Refica Attwood, Executive Director at Walling’s Nature Reserve Incorporated. That is a non-profit company. She is also Antigua and Barbuda’s national coordinator on a regional project known as Enhancing Caribbean Civil Society’s Access and Readiness for Climate Finance. The project is led by the Caribbean  Natural Resources Institute.
  3. Mr. Stanley Barreto, an engineer specializing in energy systems and renewable energy systems. He graduated from the Texas Tech University with a graduate degree in  Wind & Renewable Energy Engineering & Management. He has worked on renewable energy projects in Antigua and Barbuda and across the Caribbean.
  4. Dr. Anthony Richards, a biochemist and a bio-technologist. His PhD in biotechnology is from Kings College in London. He is also a UWI graduate. And he works and specializes in the fields of biosafety, sustainable development, bio-diversity, plant science and environmental heritage.


    5. This programme first aired on NewsCo Observer Radio 91.1 FM on November 14th, 2021. Get the latest news from Antigua and Barbuda at the Antigua Observer online.

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