2019 Country Posters

This fact sheet from the Green Economy Coalition outlines the conceptualization and implementation of green and blue economy frameworks in the Caribbean, highlighting the roles of multi-stakeholder groups, intergovernmental organizations, and specific sectoral efforts in tourism and renewable energy.

• The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) facilitated a regional dialogue in 2010 to define the 'green economy' for the region. The resulting vision describes a Caribbean green economy as one that seeks "long-term prosperity through equitable distribution of economic benefits and effective management of ecological resources" and is characterized as being "economically viable and resilient, self-directed, self-reliant, and propoor."
• There is ongoing uncertainty among Caribbean governments and stakeholders regarding the definition of the "blue economy" and its relationship to the "green economy," despite promotion by the World Bank and Commonwealth Secretariat. In November 2018, delegates at the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, noted the necessity of creating a specific Caribbean strategy on the blue economy to establish regional priorities and vision.
• Efforts to transition to a green economy are focused on key sectors: tourism, where certifications like Blue Flag, Earth Check, and Green Globe are used, and renewable energy, with countries exploring wind, geothermal, and solar power. The Caribbean Development Bank identified renewable energy as a "pathway to a green economy" in a 2014 publication.
• Multi-stakeholder and civil society initiatives are driving local transformation. The Caribbean Green Economy Action Learning Group, convened by CANARI since 2011, led the development of the Santa Cruz Declaration on Local Green Enterprises in November 2017 in Trinidad and Tobago, which advocates for support for small and micro-enterprises. Additionally, the Trinidad and Tobago Small and Micro Enterprise Action Learning Group is piloting the "Local Green-Blue Enterprise Radar" as a self-assessment tool for triple-bottom line benefits.
• Intergovernmental efforts include the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), which committed in July 2018 to a strategic action plan for an Inclusive Green Economy following a report by CANARI and the OECS Commission. Other initiatives include the Caribbean Regional Oceanscape Project (CROP) and Grenada's 2016 Blue Growth Coastal Master Plan, which proposed the creation of the Global Blue Innovation Institute in Grenada.

APA

Green Economy Coalition (2019). 2019 Country Posters. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/Cape-Town-Global-Meet-2019/Caribbean-Country-Posters-GM2019-FINAL-PRINT.pdf

Chicago

Green Economy Coalition. 2019 Country Posters. 2019. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/Cape-Town-Global-Meet-2019/Caribbean-Country-Posters-GM2019-FINAL-PRINT.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greeneconomycoalition20192019, author = {{Green Economy Coalition}}, title = {{2019 Country Posters}}, institution = {Green Economy Coalition}, year = {2019}, url = {https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/Cape-Town-Global-Meet-2019/Caribbean-Country-Posters-GM2019-FINAL-PRINT.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }