Sustainable Development in the OECS: A White Paper

Entitled “Sustainable Development in the OECS, an Antiguan and Barbudan Case Study”, Mr Colin Jenkins has agreed to share the white paper he researched and wrote. We would like to encourage you to download and review a copy, sharing with us in the comment section below, some of your thoughts, questions, and concerns about the issues raised and discussed within.

The concerns of climate change, our vulnerable environment, and sustainable development have been recently augmented due the visible impacts and considerable economical demands required to maintain our infrastructures in the face of these challenges. Noise, dust, traffic congestion, water pollution, and waste disposal during building and infrastructural development adds to this complexity and in the process large quantities of natural and human resources are consumed. These problems have forced many countries to adopt policies that enhance mainly energy efficiency and apply baseline parameters in accordance with international standards. Antigua and Barbuda including the wider Caribbean has begun this process.

Entitled “Sustainable Development in the OECS, an Antiguan and Barbudan Case Study”, Mr Colin Jenkins has agreed to share the white paper he researched and wrote. We would like to encourage you to download and review a copy here, sharing with us in the comment section below, some of your thoughts, questions, and concerns about the issues raised and discussed within.