Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley has criticised industrialised nations for failing the developing world on the climate crisis. In a searing attack at the Cop27 UN climate talks Mottley said the prosperity of the rich world had been achieved at the expense of the poor in times past, and now the poor were being forced to pay again, as victims of climate breakdown that they did not cause.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 27, 2022 - Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, has called for contributions from multinational companies to address issues resulting from the climate crisis, as she delivered the island’s national statement last week at the United Nations General Assembly 77 in New York.
Four years ago, I traveled around America, visiting historical archives. I was looking for documents that might reveal the hidden history of climate change – and in particular, when the major coal, oil and gas companies became aware of the problem, and what they knew about it.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 3, 2021 :- People’s National Party Shadow Minister of Land Environment & Climate Change Sophia Frazer-Binns says there are grave inconsistencies between the words of Prime Minister Andrew Holness on the world stage and his actions at home. This, she says is quite stark and should concern us all.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, November 2, 2021 - The Government of Jamaica is to receive a US$1 million grant from the Government of India to boost its resilience building efforts.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 2, 2021 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says countries that have profited the most from carbon over decades, have a responsibility to make resources and technology available to others to adapt and transition to low carbon economies.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 12, 2021 - Coalition Member of Parliament Amanza Walton Desir is demanding that the government undertake an extensive consultation before the finalisation of the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).
(British High Commission, BridgetownPress Release) The Royal Navy has delivered 75 tonnes of crucial aid to Commonwealth citizens whose lives have been thrown into turmoil by a volcano.
El Niño Southern Oscillation or ENSO, an anomalous warming of the surface waters in the tropical Pacific Ocean, is famous for producing months-long unusual weather patterns across the globe.
The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from any continent. Just below the waves, coral reefs stretch for miles along an underwater mountain chain. It’s a paradise. At least it was before the heat wave.
