them-Irma, Maria and Dorian-being classified
as mega or superstorms clocking
winds beyond the dreaded Category Five
ceiling of above 150 miles per hour. These
three did untold damage in the region
wiping out communities from Dominica
in the Eastern Caribbean to some of the
islands in The Bahamas.
The CARICOM chair said the commission
will write to the International Tribunal
for the Law of the Sea to obtain a legal
opinion on the way forward to make polluters
pay for their actions and for SIDS countries
“to achieve climate justice.” He also
criticized the richer western nations for
reneging on promises made 12 years ago
to provide $100 billion annually in climate
change financing, noting the SIDS group
is aware that financing to the Third World
has declined by more than $6000 between
2018-19. On the other hand, these same
countries have, since the now infamous
Paris summit in 2015, provided over $3
trillion dollars to support their own coal,
oil and gas and other fossil fuel industries,
most of which are heavy contributors to
pollution and global warming.
Several other leaders who spoke at the
conference bemoaned the state of play,
especially as it relates to the lack of concessional
climate financing and the burdens
countries have to bear to rebuild after natural
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disasters. Others complained about
rising ocean temperatures and the havoc
this is wreaking on coral reefs in a tourism
dependent region, reminding the world
like PM Mottley of Barbados that the globe
cannot afford a temperature rise above 1.5
degree Celsius.
“1.5 degrees is what we need to survive,
2 degrees is a death sentence for the
people. For the people of countries like
Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados in the
Caribbean, in addition to countries like the
Samoa in the Pacific, the Maldives, Kenya
and Mozambique, among others, We do
not want that dreaded death sentence and
we are here today to say try harder because
our people, the climate army, the world,
the planet needs our action now, not next
year not in the next decade,” she said as
several in the audience nodded in agreement.
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inclusive city for all Brooklynites,”
Bichotte Hermelyn said.
With 78 percent of the precincts
reporting, Democratic Adams was
declared the winner for Mayor of New
York City by an overwhelming majority,
garnering 676,481 votes, 66,5 percent,
to his Republican challenger,
Curtis Sliwa’s 293,127 votes, or 28.8
percent.
Catherine Rojas, running on
the Socialism and Liberation lines,
received 24,995 votes, or 2.5 percent;
and Conservative William Pepitone
received 11,668 votes, or 1.1 percent.
Bichotte Hermelyn had urged voters
to cast ballots on five ballot proposals,
which would amend the state
Constitution, if passed.
The ballot proposals were: Question
1: The Redistricting Process. This proposal
would reform the redistricting
process that determines representation
across the state.
Question 2: Right to Clean Air,
Clean Water, and a Healthful Environment.
This proposal would provide
the right to clean air, clean water, and
a healthful environment to all New
Yorkers.
Question 3: Same-Day Voter Registration.
This proposal would expand
voting rights and remove the requirement
that a person register to vote at
least 10 days before an election.
Question 4: No-Excuse Absentee
Voting. This proposal would allow the
State Legislature to pass new laws
that give more New Yorkers the option
to vote by mail without providing an
excuse.
Question 5: Civil Court’s Claim
Limit. This proposal increases the
jurisdictional limit of the NYC Civil
Court from $25,000 to $50,000, reducing
the burden on the NYS Supreme
Court.
But voters rejected Proposal 1, 3
and 4. On Proposal 1, with 83 percent
reported, the Yes vote received 44 percent
to 56 percent for No.
On Proposal 2, Yes received 69 percent
to No’s 31 percent; 83 percent
reported.
On Proposal 3, Yes received 42
percent to No’s 58 percent, with 83
percent reported.
On Proposal 4, Yes received 44
percent to No’s 56 percent, with 83
reported.
And on Proposal 5, Yes received 63
percent to No’s 37 percent, with 82
percent reported.
Continued from Page 1
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Browne. Gov’t of Antigua and Barbuda
Brooklyn Democratic chair
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