Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, along with other Caribbean leaders from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), visited the Grenadines on Tuesday. The Grenadines, consisting of 32 islands, were severely affected by Hurricane Beryl on July 1. The largest islands include Bequia, Mustique, Canouan, and Union, with some smaller islands being privately owned.
The northern Grenadines are part of St Vincent and the Grenadines, while the southern islands are dependent on Grenada. The hurricane caused extensive damage to Carriacou, Petite Martinique, and Union Island, resulting in at least three fatalities and millions of dollars in damage.
The leaders from Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia, and St Kitts-Nevis, were joined by the Premier of the Cayman Islands, Julianna O’Connor-Connolly. Before their departure, St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves described the gathering as “a show of unity,” acknowledging the role played by Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who chairs a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prime ministerial sub-committee on rehabilitation efforts.
Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit expressed disappointment with the international community for its reluctance to take responsibility for the damage caused by climate change. He stressed the urgent need for financial assistance to address the aftermath of the hurricanes, emphasizing the burden placed on the region by the impacts of climate change.
Skerrit also addressed the cost of the cleanup and the challenges faced by the region in advancing development efforts due to the recurring setbacks caused by natural disasters. He urged various sectors of society, including academia, civil society, and the private sector, to advocate for grants and concessionary loans to combat the effects of climate change.
Highlighting the lack of progress in climate action and the unfulfilled promises made during various climate change conferences, Skerrit emphasized the gravity of climate injustice and its parallels to historical injustices such as slavery. He also discussed the economic implications of climate change, including rising living costs, increased insurance prices, and disruptions to the food supply chain caused by events such as droughts and floods.
Skerrit stressed the importance of global cooperation and urged a collective approach to overcoming the challenges posed by climate change.
Please leave him there.
…and another jolly at the expense of the state finances!!
Who are the members of the ‘delegation’? Answers please.
If it wasn’t for the region’s governments hope of milking money from the international communities for perceived climate change, I doubt that we’d hear anything about it.
Size for size, the region contributes to the pollution that they claim has brought climate change about.
“Size for size, the region contributes to the pollution that they claim has brought climate change about.”
I don’t believe that comment is in any way accurate, since absolutely no logic is presented.
Note: “Fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and gas, are by far the largest contributor to global climate change, accounting for over 75 % (percent) of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 % (per cent) of all carbon dioxide emissions. As greenhouse gas emissions blanket the Earth, they trap the sun’s heat. This leads to global warming and climate change. The world is now warming faster than at any point in recorded history.
Warmer temperatures over time are changing weather patterns and disrupting the usual balance of nature. This poses many risks to human beings and all other forms of life on Earth.”
It is not a regional thing: global warming extends beyond mere pollution!
How comes we have this much money to give away and yet the island has been plagued for years by insects and mites. Attacking visitors and locals alike and nothing is done by this government to address this torture? I am not saying that we should not help our fellow neighbours in need but we must be prepared to help ourselves before we help others.
Dominica has quickly become a torture chamber!!
Bray on DON KEY Ibo bray on,bray on untill your DON KEY teeth fall out,and your DON KEY tongue hang out.UWP is dead and a 1 foot nail put in their coffin by Loftus Durand.
@Lin Clown
@Lin Clown
@Lin Clown
Do you know that a donkey is an animal? I know that you are a semi illiterate, so you are groping for words, but you are rude,stupid and disrespectful to refer to a human being as a donkey. Stop support for corrupt leaders. It shall surely serve you well.
The Great Pretender (Roosevelt) does not miss an opportunity of having his photo taken with other heads of government. He thinks that being around them he will become intelligent by osmosis.
Imagine this! Some Dominicans are still living under tarpaulin roofs since the passage of Hurricane Maria in 2017, seven harsh, unbearable years. What is most galling is while these poverty stricken tax payers live under these inhuman conditions, Roosevelt, his vain wife and American born children live in a multi-million dollar palace paid for by taxpayers.
The local media remains deafeningly silent about this fact. They are willingly or involuntarily aiding this depraved, ungodly degenerate to carry out his dastardly deeds with impunity.