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A leading Antiguan climatologist has warned that cuts to US climate aid are jeopardising disaster preparedness in the Caribbean.
Dale Destin, Director of the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Office, said reduced funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has disrupted key projects, including flood warning systems and tsunami preparedness.
Speaking at a press conference, Destin said many initiatives aimed at climate resilience have stalled following budget reductions linked to the Trump administration’s rollback of environmental commitments, including its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
“The loss of support is affecting early warning systems and regional forecasting,” he said, noting that failing upper-air stations and reduced hurricane monitoring capacity were already evident.
The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) has also been impacted, with training for disaster officials curtailed. Authorities now face pressure to find alternative funding sources, potentially stretching national budgets.
Destin said a recent meeting with US officials offered hope for short-term support, but long-term prospects remain uncertain.
“Without sustained investment,” he warned, “our ability to protect lives and property is at risk.”
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Every time we start making progress, foreign aid get cut. Typical.
Mi nah surprise. We cyan depend pan big countries all di time.
US aid cut again? When we go learn fi stand pon we own?
Mi vex, cause is we a suffer di most and cause it di least.
Caribbean must find new partners. China, EU, whoever willing to step up.
Why every time budget tight, dem cut climate funding first?
On another note: Mr Destin is the Director of Meteorology for Antigua and Barbuda and speaks as such. There is the tendency for the media to refer to him as Climatologist but that was his previous post. Get it right please; small but important point because someone else holds that climatology post.
But is there a climate change really? What if… this was just another scam? another globalist lie?