{"id":162035,"date":"2022-11-08T17:59:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T21:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=162035"},"modified":"2022-11-08T17:59:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T21:59:17","slug":"pm-browne-tells-cop-27-that-big-oil-should-pay-for-mounting-damage-from-ocean-storms-and-sea-level-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/pm-browne-tells-cop-27-that-big-oil-should-pay-for-mounting-damage-from-ocean-storms-and-sea-level-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Browne tells COP 27 that Big Oil should pay for mounting damage from ocean storms and sea-level rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-3010093914\" 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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696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Small island nations suffering the brunt of climate change want Big Oil to pay for mounting damage from ocean storms and sea-level rise, Antigua&#8217;s prime minister told delegates at the COP27 climate summit in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/news?tag=Egypt\">Egypt<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3324835224\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_2026_Launch_English_Digital-BB-1.png 2160w, 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\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"pa-container-6\" class=\"pa-global-class pa-pl-18244 pa-pl-multiInsert\" data-pa-pli=\"18244\" data-pa-ci=\"6\">\n<div id=\"pa-unit-7\" class=\"pa-unit-global pa-pl-18244\" data-pa-pli=\"18244\" data-pa-ui=\"7\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The comments by Gaston\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/news?tag=Browne\">Browne<\/a>\u00a0kicked off the second day of speeches from heads of state and government at the two-week conference in the seaside resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. &#8220;The oil and gas industry continues to earn almost 3 billion United States dollars daily in profits,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/news?tag=Browne\">Browne<\/a>\u00a0said, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is about time that these companies are made to pay a global carbon tax on their profits as a source of funding for loss and damage.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1122185983\" class=\"antig-content_4 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width=\"2160\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Profligate producers of fossil fuels have benefited from extortionate profits at the expense of human civilization. While they are profiting, the planet is burning.&#8221; Senegal&#8217;s President Macky Sall told the conference poor developing nations in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/news?tag=Africa\">Africa<\/a>\u00a0were also insisting on increased funding for adaptation to worsening climate change, and would resist calls for an immediate shift away from fossil fuels that could drive economic growth.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3899039951\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s be clear, we are in favor of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. But we Africans cannot accept that our vital interests be ignored,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)<\/p><div id=\"antig-3036519591\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-3630486286\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small island nations suffering the brunt of climate change want Big Oil to pay for mounting damage from ocean storms and sea-level rise, Antigua&#8217;s prime minister told delegates at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt\u00a0on Tuesday. 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