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Grenada calls for meaningful inclusion of small islands

This story was posted 2 years ago
31 August 2020
in Environment, PRESS RELEASE
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Simon Stiell
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Minister of Climate Resilience, Sen. the Hon. Simon Stiell, emphasised once again the need for greater global climate ambition and increased support for small island developing states like Grenada and other CARICOM Member States.

He delivered these remarks at a CARICOM Ministerial roundtable meeting held on Thursday, 27 August 2020 with the incoming president of the United Nations Climate Change Conference from the United Kingdom.

Grenada joined other Caribbean countries to engage in discussions with the COP President Designate, Secretary of State, Alok Sharma, on key priorities to be tackled at the next climate change conference. The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, was initially planned for November 2020. However, due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, it is now scheduled to be held in Glasgow, Scotland from 1-12 November 2021, under the presidency of the United Kingdom Government partnered with the Government of Italy for key preparatory meetings such as a Youth Event and the Pre-COP Summit.

The Caribbean region continues to be seriously impacted by the climate change and in a manner that is vastly out of proportion to their overall contribution to global carbon emissions. Experts widely agree that human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation and other poor practices are the main reasons behind rising global temperatures. In countries like Grenada, the effects of these increasing temperatures are already being experienced, including reduced rainfall and changing rainfall patterns; increased flooding and coastal erosion; longer and harsher droughts; and more frequent and severe hurricanes and storm surges.

Recognising the critical importance of the issue to the region, and in an effort to ensure that momentum for climate change action is not lost among the many challenges of 2020, the British Government expressed interest in collaborating with CARICOM to ensure progress on matters related to climate finance; adaptation and resilience; and energy transition ahead of COP26.

In closing the exchanges, Minister Stiell called for a more holistic approach to addressing access to finance particularly for countries of the Caribbean, the vast majority of which carry the label of middle- to high-income which excludes their consideration under many traditional development financing structures. In addition, he also invited the COP26 Presidency to make use of the strong presence and continued leadership demonstrated by CARICOM and other small islands to seek a more ambitious outcome in 2021, and strongly encouraged President Designate Sharma to ensure that the negotiation process will be both meaningful and inclusive.

The meeting was held virtually with the Ministers of the Council for Trade and Economic Development, COTED, which is a body under CARICOM that also deals with environment-related issues. It was moderated by the COP26 Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean, Fiona Clouder, with Ministers present from Barbados, the Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Haiti, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname. Grenada is the current Chair of the Council for Trade and Economic Development.

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  1. John Thomas says:
    2 years ago

    Who elected this person? The island seems to have gone the garbage heap of history.

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  2. Mary R says:
    2 years ago

    I don’t think Steill should attend this meeting due the fact he and his government are destroying the environment of the island.

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