The Caribbean Centre for Renewable Vitality and Vitality Effectivity (CCREEE) is happy to announce that Dr Mohammad Rafik Nagdee has formally assumed his function as Govt Director. Dr Nagdee took up the publish on August 6 and has since carried out introductory conferences with the regional organisation’s employees.
Dr Nagdee has over a decade of expertise creating methods and securing funding for environmental sustainability, local weather resilience and vitality safety throughout the Caribbean. A citizen of Barbados, his journey from grassroots work with the BlueGreen Initiative (BGI) to worldwide improvement on the United Nations Improvement Programme (UNDP), mixed together with his function as a part-time lecturer at The College of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus, embodies a dedication to inclusivity, making certain that bettering lives and livelihoods are on the centre of his efforts within the quest for a sustainable and resilient Caribbean.
Throughout the employees assembly, he expressed his enthusiasm for The CCREEE’s function within the Caribbean’s efforts to spice up renewable vitality use and promote decarbonisation. “I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of The CCREEE and collaborating with such a talented and educated workforce,” remarked Dr. Nagdee.
“Collectively, we are going to work intently with the CARICOM Secretariat to help Caribbean nations increase their vitality combine and enhance vitality effectivity throughout key sectors. In the end, we aspire to determine the Caribbean as a renewable vitality and effectivity mannequin.”
He added, “Caribbean nations have already emerged as leaders of their vitality transitions, each prioritizing vitality safety and making vital strides ahead. It’s our mission at The CCREEE to work collaboratively with our member states to assist them obtain their formidable targets. This dedication is additional strengthened by their extremely formidable Nationally Decided Contributions, demonstrating a collective dedication to a sustainable and resilient vitality future for the area”.
Dr Nagdee, who holds a PhD in Pure Useful resource Administration, additionally familiarised himself with among the ongoing renewable vitality and vitality effectivity tasks within the Caribbean and dedicated to additionally strengthening and deepening the collaborative working relationship The CCREEE has with its companions. He added, “By working collectively, our shared imaginative and prescient of a sustainable and resilient Caribbean shall be realised.”
The Govt Director additionally had a productive assembly with the Chairman of the Board, Dr. James Fletcher. The 2 mentioned The CCREEE’s strategic priorities and the long-term imaginative and prescient for the Barbados-based regional organisation. Dr Fletcher welcomed the brand new Govt Director, affirming that Dr Nagdee’s wealth of expertise and demonstrated success make him the perfect chief for The CCREEE. “We’re assured that below his steerage, The CCREEE will preserve its excellent management and contribute to increasing the area’s entry to fashionable, cost-effective, and reliable renewable vitality sources. Such efforts will bolster our vitality safety and improve our resilience to the local weather disaster.”
The Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM) Heads of Authorities established The CCREEE in April 2018 to transition the area’s economies to extra sustainable vitality use. The CCREEE appears ahead, below the management of Dr Nagdee, to proceed closing the implementation hole inside the regional sustainable vitality panorama.
