BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 19. There is hope
for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at COP29 in Baku, said
Joyelle Trizia Clarke, Minister of Sustainable Development,
Environment, Climate Action, and Constituency Empowerment of Saint
Kitts and Nevis, Trend reports.
As she delivered her address at COP29, the minister highlighted
the severe impacts of climate change on SIDS.
“The Caribbean and Latin America observed nearly 40,000
climate-related deaths and $1.3 trillion in economic loss in the
past decade. Islanders live the horrors and hopes as frontliners on
the climate crisis,” she stated, describing the hardships faced by
her nation: “The receding wave claims our land. The fisher’s net
has no haul. The farmer’s hoe breaks no ground. The pouring rain
knows no end”.
Clarke called out the inequities in climate finance, noting that
SIDS received just 0.2% of global adaptation funding in 2023.
“Where is the solidarity? Where is the justice? Baku must be
synonymous with relief and results for SIDS,” she said, urging for
reforms that include concessional financing, a fully
operationalized loss and damage fund, and accountability in climate
action.
She outlined Saint Kitts and Nevis’s commitment to
sustainability through decarbonizing energy, building
climate-resilient homes, and forging partnerships. Announcing plans
to co-host a Global Sustainable Island Summit, Clarke emphasized
the need for united action.
“Our children, our elderly, our women, our girls, our indigenous
people, our youth deserve better. Let us be seized by a desire for
better, not seduced by incrementalism. Let Baku be the space of
co-creation of a financing goal,” she concluded.
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