Jamaica Walking a Tightrope Between Boosting the Economy and Cutting Emissions in COVID-19 Era

Cattle farming in Jamica. Credit: Zadie Neufville/IPS
By Zadie NeufvilleKINGSTON, Aug 30 2021 (IPS)
Even as COVID-19 walloped Jamaica’s economy last year, the government overhauled its energy emissions milestones to create what many described as a post-pandemic recovery package, based on stronger carbon targets for the farming and forestry sectors.
According to the plan, the country would reduce…