Caricom Ministers See Cop28 As A Test Of The World’s Commitment To The Most Vulnerable

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CARICOM Environment Ministers met  in Miami on October 18th 2023 to initiate their final preparations for the annual Climate Change Conference(COP28) to be held in the United Arab Emirates from 30 November to 12 December.

COP28 will mark a major milestone for the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.  It is the endpoint of the First Global Stocktake, a two-year process involving a technical analysis of global progress on commitments to keep global warming below 1.5°C, to support vulnerable peoples and countries to respond to the impacts of climate change, and to deliver climate finance to accelerate climate action and bolster climate ambition.

The world is off-track to achieve the Paris Goals

The Global Stocktake confirms the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report.

More than a century of burning fossil fuels has led to global warming of 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels. The unprecedented impacts are already being felt in the region.  They will worsen with every tenth of a degree of warming. The call of 1.5, is therefore not a slogan for the Caribbean; it represents securing our environment, the survival of our people, and the sustainability of our way of life, culture, societies and economies.