Browne Leads Antigua and Barbuda Delegation to COP30 in Brazil
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has reaffirmed Antigua and Barbuda’s commitment to global climate action as he departs for Belém, Brazil, to lead the national delegation to the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30).
“Antigua and Barbuda will continue to punch above its weight in global climate diplomacy,” Browne said before departing V. C. Bird International Airport on Tuesday. “Our participation at COP30 is about defending our right to exist and securing financing for resilience and adaptation for all small island nations.”
The two-day summit, running November 6–7, will gather world leaders and experts to advance climate adaptation, financing, and ecosystem protection. Browne will deliver the national statement on Friday and take part in two thematic sessions chaired by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: “Climate and Nature: Forests and Oceans” and “10 Years of the Paris Agreement: NDCs and Financing.”
He will be joined by Foreign Affairs Minister E.P. Chet Greene, Health and Environment Minister Sir Molwyn Joseph, and senior officials from key ministries and agencies.
A key highlight of COP30 will be the launch of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, a blended-finance initiative aimed at making tropical forests “worth more standing than destroyed.” Antigua and Barbuda is expected to endorse the facility’s launch declaration and advocate for fair access for small island states.
Browne will also attend the Leaders’ Luncheon, hold bilateral meetings with regional and global partners, and discuss climate financing, blue economy growth, and renewable energy transition.
The delegation’s participation continues Antigua and Barbuda’s global climate leadership, following the 2024 UN SIDS4 Conference and ahead of hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2026.
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G.B you need to punch above your weight and PAY CLICO/BAICO POLICYHOLDERS and LIAT(1974)LTD their SEVERANCE who are suffering unable to meet their daily NEEDS and are DYING PREMATURELY.Sit and wait for compensation on CLIMATE CHANGE it is a CON JOB go to CHINA and INDIA for COMPENSATION.They need to arrest all of the leaders attending COP 30 and drop them in the AMAZON JUNGLE with a HOE and a FORK.
Proud to see our Prime Minister continuing to represent small islands on the world stage. Climate change is real for us, it’s not a debate, it’s survival.
Antigua and Barbuda keeps showing leadership in climate diplomacy. Hosting SIDS4 and now taking a front seat at COP30, that’s impressive for a small nation.
CLIMATE CHANGE,EARTHQUAKES,HURRICANES are the work of ALMIGHTY GOD who created HEAVEN AND EARTH.NOTE:EXODUS 14:26-31 describes the moment when MOSES stretches out his hand over the RED SEA,causing the waters to return and DROWN the pursuing EGYPTIANS.GOD’S power in delivering the ISRAELITES from SLAVERY and the destruction of their ENEMIES.That is the power of ALMIGHTY GOD not CLIMATE CHANGE.GASTON BROWN,MOTTLEY,MACRON,GRETA THURNBERG do not have the power to stop global warming. HURRICANE is the power of ALMIGHTY GOD one cannot fire a TOMAHAWK MISSILE into a hurricane to disintegrate it.
Great representtaion from a leader who knows how to rep is globally