The critical role that the Dominica State College could play in developing waste to energy solutions to help small island states build resilience to climate change has been outlined by the Permanent Representative and Ambassador of the Commonwealth of Dominica to the United Nations, His Excellency Dr. Vince Henderson.
Addressing the closing ceremony of a recent workshop on building resilience to climate change in small island developing states through the energy sector, Henderson said:
“We want to use the Dominica State College as an incubator for deploying new technology to solve problems. We have to see education as a tool for development; not because we can get a job and get paid, but we can create stuff and solve problems. The Dominica State College has a very important role to play and I hope that we will be able to implement some projects.”
The ambassador also challenged the Dominica Solid Waste Management Corporation to expose themselves to new opportunities, ideas and technologies.
Henderson said that he is convinced that if the Dominica Solid Waste Management Corporation can connect with the state college, a waste to energy pilot project can be developed that can benefit the entire island and the Caribbean region at large.
“Whether it is through pyrolysis, we can make use of some of the resources or waste [and turn them] to treasure. We would be able to allow our students to be part of that process,” he continued. “Perhaps you could be generating power that can electrify the Dominica State College.”
According to Henderson stakeholders at the consultation had the ideas that could generate the solution.
He added discussions over the last three days have been second to none and is persuaded that stakeholders can build with the expertise among themselves.
Participants at the three-day consultation were from the various government ministries, CARICOM, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, SIDSDOCK and the Swedish Energy Agency.
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