Habet addressed the SIDS conference yesterday. He did so with an urgent tone - and today he told us that time is running out for Small Island Developing States:
Orlando Habet, Minister of Sustainable Development
"SIDS in general produce only about 0.01% of total emissions. The G20 reduce over 80% of total emissions. So certainly the arena is skewed as to who are the big emitters. And so in regards to getting climate justice, that is one area that we want because we are the ones being affected. But also for us to be able to put down certain adaptation measures so that we can build resilience, then it is imperative that we get the financing that we get the funding to do these adaptation projects that will build resilience for our small states and our communities."
"It has not been forthcoming. The promises are not being fulfilled and the little monies that are available are difficult to access and many times they come hinged with a lot of conditions and many times things that we can't really afford."
"Our last NDC shows a lot of ambition, but we have a gap of about $1.7 billion for us to be able to to implement our NDC from here to 2030."
