Bermuda Has a Thing or Two to Teach about Sustainable Development

Bermuda will teach the rest of the Caribbean to be more sustainable at an upcoming multinational Environment Forum, Premier Alex Scott said on Monday.

At a press conference in Cabinet, Mr. Scott said he would be the keynote speaker at a Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition (CEF) in Antigua and Barbuda from June 5 to June 9.

“We have to get it right,” Premier Scott said. “Probably we are a good example to the other territories because we are such a small Island community, 21 square miles. They generally have an abundance of land and an expanse of opportunities,” Mr. Scott said the United Nations´ Division on Sustainable Development recently called Bermuda a “model for others” and a “useful case study”.

He said many people wanted to see something happen at Morgan´s Point but at the same time did not want to see it quickly overdeveloped.

Sustainable Development Director Erica Smith would also attend CEF, he said, to chair a workshop on the implementation of sustainable practices in Small Island Development States like Bermuda.