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Published:Thursday | December 3, 2015 | 12:00 AMOliver-Leighton Barrett, Contributor

The cloud of anxiety that enveloped Paris in the aftermath of the terror attacks two weeks ago has lifted slightly, creating room for cautious hope as the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change got...

Published:Wednesday | April 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMOliver-Leighton Barrett

President Obama is making a short but historic trip to Kingston, Jamaica, on the eve of the Summit of the Americas to be held in Panama (April 10-11). During his visit, Obama will meet with the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM...

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2015 | 2:45 PMOliver-Leighton Barrett

Climate change is a slow-moving stressor compounding vexing developmental challenges across Latin America and the Caribbean and testing governments to the limits of their capacities. For example, the mega-city, Sao Paolo (South America's largest and...

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