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ment Agency (CDEMA). He described the
donation as “pitiful and as “a slap in the
face of the people of St Vincent and the
Grenadines, who as members of the Commonwealth,
find themselves in a desperate
situation. The UK government needs
to step up, do the right thing and increase
substantially its aid and financial assistance
as a matter of urgency. This would
be a small measure of the historical debt
owed to these communities,” he argued.
For its own part, Digicel has contributed
US$500,000 — more than Britain’s Sterling
200,000 — to St. Vincent while a
number of its country offices have made
individual contributions as well.
Meanwhile, the United Nations
announced this week it is leading a program
to raise nearly $30 million in global
funding to help the island get back on
its feet while the Caribbean Catastrophic
Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has made
available grant aid worth $2.2 million for
relief and recovery efforts.
Bolstering appeals for quick international
assistance, Prime Minister Ralph
Gonsalves virtually addressed the UN’s
Security Council on Monday urging its
members and the global community as a
whole not to forget the island in its greatest
hour of need.
“The global community cannot allow
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itself to make haste slowly. Across our
land, the faces of men, women are strained
and anxious. They are hurting badly. The
global community is being summoned to
action to our aid in the name of humanity
and in accord with the United Nations
Charter,” he said.
The volcano’s eruption apart, Gonsalves
said that the massive disruption on
the island will be made worse by the fact
that the annual hurricane season starts in
about six weeks. The mid year rainy season
is also scheduled to commence. Add
to this problems managing the spread of
Covid-19 in state and other shelters and
the international community would be
able to appreciate the challenges facing
the island of about 100,000 people.
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on the road to the United Nations Climate
Change Conference (COP26) this
November in Glasgow (Scotland),” the
statement said.
In recent years, it said scientists
have underscored the need to limit
planetary warming to 1.5 degrees
Celsius in order to stave off the worst
impacts of climate change.
“A key goal of both the ‘Leaders’
Summit’ and COP26 will be to catalyze
efforts that keep that 1.5-degree
goal within reach,” the White House
said. “The summit will also highlight
examples of how enhanced climate
ambition will create good paying
jobs, advance innovative technologies,
and help vulnerable countries
adapt to climate impacts.”
By the time of the summit, the
White House said the United States
will announce an ambitious 2030
emissions target as its new “Nationally
Determined Contribution” under
the Paris Agreement.
In his invitation, Biden urged leaders
to use the summit as “an opportunity
to outline how their countries
also will contribute to stronger climate
ambition.”
The White House said the summit
will reconvene the US-led “Major
Economies Forum on Energy and
Climate”, which brings together 17
countries responsible for about 80
percent of global emissions and global
gross domestic product (GDP).
The US president also invited the
heads of other countries that are
“demonstrating strong climate leadership,
are especially vulnerable to
climate impacts, or are charting
innovative pathways to a net-zero
economy,” the White House said.
It said a small number of business
and civil society leaders will also participate
in the summit.
The White House said key themes
of the summit will include galvanizing
efforts by the world’s major
economies to reduce emissions during
this “critical decade” to keep a
limit to warming of 1.5 degree Celsius
within reach; and mobilizing
public and private sector finance to
drive the net-zero transition and to
help vulnerable countries cope with
climate impacts.
Other key themes will include the
economic benefits of climate action,
with a strong emphasis on job creation,
and the importance of ensuring
all communities and workers benefit
from the transition to a new clean
energy economy; and spurring transformational
technologies that can
help reduce emissions and adapt to
climate change, while also creating
enormous new economic opportunities
and building the industries of
the future.
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