{"id":139935,"date":"2021-10-19T17:50:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T21:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=139935"},"modified":"2021-10-19T18:53:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T22:53:24","slug":"nuff-chat-time-to-act-caricom-crystallises-its-priorities-and-positions-for-climate-change-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/nuff-chat-time-to-act-caricom-crystallises-its-priorities-and-positions-for-climate-change-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"NUFF CHAT TIME TO ACT: CARICOM Crystallises its Priorities and Positions for Climate Change Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1680436472\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Two weeks ahead of the twenty-sixth Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), CARICOM peaked its Ministerial preparations for the global Summit last Friday. \u00a0During a 3-hour virtual session, several Ministers of government, ambassadors, Heads of CARICOM agencies, climate negotiators, senior public officials, and other technical experts assembled for presentations and to dialogue on the key issues that the region will spotlight at the upcoming Glasgow Conference.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1904368447\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><img 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height=\"1600\"   \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the meeting was Secretary General of the CARICOM Secretariat, Dr Carla Barnett, who described the last several months of preparation as a period \u201cto crystallise the region&#8217;s priorities and positions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Expressing warm thanks to the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) for their hard work in leading the region\u2019s preparation to participate effectively in Glasgow, Dr Barnett stressed the importance of \u201ccollective action to support adaptation and mitigation at the national, regional and international levels. We have overwhelming scientific evidence, from various IPCC reports of the threat that uncontrolled temperature rise will have on SIDS\u201d, she exclaimed. \u201cWe remain concerned about the level of ambition in submitted Nationally Determined Contributions. There is the urgent need to close the emissions gap to maintain global warming to well below 1.5 \u00b0C\u201d.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3399570667\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-3716477195\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1320\/h:730\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1320\/h:730\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:166\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:566\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:425\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:696\/h:385\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5614.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1320\" height=\"730\"   \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>COP26 is a politically significant moment for accelerating ambition. Professor Michael Taylor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), in his \u2018<strong><em>Countdown to Zero\u2019 <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0presentation to the Ministers, elucidated that 1.5\u00b0 does not represent a safe climate for the world or for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). \u00a0Quoting the IPCC Report which states that \u201cglobal warming of 1.5\u00b0 C and 2\u00b0 C will be exceeded during the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century unless deep reductions in CO2 and other green house gases emissions occur in the coming decades\u201d, Professor Taylor cautioned that \u201cheading to 2\u00b0C is too much for SIDS. Even at 1.5\u00b0C, we are only guaranteed half a chance of a livable future.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-2298017993\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The outcomes from the November 1-12 COP26 can have profound impacts on our earth as we know it, and many view it as \u201cthe last best chance for political leaders to avert a climate catastrophe, which would be unavoidable if global warming exceeds 1.5\u00b0C\u201d.\u00a0 It means \u201cthere must be zero tolerance on the net zero emissions, if we want to realise the future we want\u201d, Professor Taylor told the Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Echoing the sentiments of the University Professor was His Excellency Aubrey Webson, of Antigua and Barbuda who is the current chairperson of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). He emphasized that \u201cvulnerable countries like AOSIS Members gave up liability or compensation for the 1.5\u00b0 target in Paris during COP 21 in 2015.\u201d \u00a0Despite all efforts by small islands like those of the Caribbean to keep 1.5 as the rallying cry, global warming has continued. \u201cThere should be no delay, Ambassador Webson exclaimed. \u201cWe cannot do business as usual; we must move to net zero\u201d.<\/p><div id=\"antig-18135441\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Noting that there is so much at stake for those who are bravely attending the Glasgow meeting in person, he lamented that \u201caddressing climate change has been a long journey, and this year we are at a critical point where COP 26 must deal with the tension between the time to close the Paris Rulebook and the point of implementation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Glasgow Climate Change Conference (COP26) takes place during what the region describes as a historic time with multiple crises and a rapidly closing window of opportunity for an effective global response.<\/p><div 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