‘Every storm, every fire, every flood cries out that time is running out’ – Prime Minister Davis
The Hon Philip Davis, Prime Minister of The Bahamas
The Hon. Philip Davis, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, has issued a call for the Region's bilateral and multilateral partners to scale up resources for climate adaptation and loss and damage, and to ensure that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) can access the funds quickly.
The Prime Minister was at the time addressing the Leaders' Summit of the Small Islands Developing States on Climate Change, in Baku, Azerbaijan, 13 November 2024. The Summit was an event of the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 29).
In his remarks, Prime Minister Davis reflected on the pattern of disasters that result from climate change and warned that time is running out.
"Every storm, every fire, every flood cries out that time is running out and yet some choose to look the other way," he said
Listen to the Prime Minister's remarks:
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