{"id":139448,"date":"2021-10-12T08:25:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=139448"},"modified":"2021-10-12T08:25:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:25:30","slug":"rich-economies-face-demands-for-cash-to-fix-climate-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/rich-economies-face-demands-for-cash-to-fix-climate-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich Economies Face Demands for Cash to Fix Climate Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The aftermath of Hurricane Irma has left deep scars in the tiny island nations that were in the path of the Category Five storm just before it slammed into Florida.<\/p>

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The toll in Antigua and Barbuda added up to more than $220 million, according to one assessment backed by the United Nations\u2014more than a quarter<\/a>\u00a0of the annual tax revenue collected for 2017. The island of Barbuda\u00a0lost<\/a>\u00a0nearly half of its houses. And the island has nothing like the economic might of the U.S. to alleviate the damage.<\/p>\n