Excerpt from radiojamaicanewsonline.com
Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, says he will be calling for reforms to facilitate easier and greater access to funds needed after catastrophic events, such as Hurricane Melissa, at the UN's Climate Conference on Saturday. The COP30 meeting opened in the Brazilian Amazon on Monday. Some 50,000 delegates are gathered for the two-week meeting. Mr. Samuda says his message will be direct as it relates to funding mechanisms after devastation caused by climate-related natural disasters.