UK Minister open to climate funding for BVI
Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley said the new UK Overseas Territories Minister, Stephen Doughty, is open to offering climate funding for the territory.
In a joint press conference with Deputy Premier Lorna Smith on Monday, September 16, the Premier discussed the territory’s funding needs following his meeting with the new minister.
“We discussed the threat of Climate Change and the need for UK support to assist the Virgin Islands with adaptation and mitigation, including through their contributions to the United Nations,” the Premier said.
He confirmed that this issue will be placed on the agenda at the annual Joint Ministerial Council in November, Dr Wheatley continued.
Smith noted that this was a primary reason for their visit, along with engaging with the new government following Britain’s Labour Party’s landslide victory on July 4.
In his keynote address, Wheatley highlighted the weather events the territory faced and its progress in recovery.
“At the event, I shared with them the negative effects of climate change on the Virgin Islands and also updated them on our recovery after Tropical Storm Ernesto and the two other extreme weather events we experienced prior to that,” the Premier mentioned.
The BVI has been at the forefront of calls for large, wealthy nations that contribute the most to climate change to fund small, developing nations most affected by the climate crisis. The BVI and other proponents argue that these nations require more support, as climate change poses significant risks to their land and marine resources, which are vital for their survival.
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It is embarrassing that we go begging for money for everything and still claim that we are capable of running our own affairs.
Hand out begging but want independence
at the same money we beg for we dont even use to improve and future proof the country
we there digging up roads and nobody thought hey lets run bveci wires under one time
can’t keep power on consistently can’t keep water running can’t keep a medical center vg running 24/7 but them begging for independence just pure greed
The majority of us can’t even separate our household trash, we can only promise what down pockwood pond going get fix and other times have the trash burning in the open blowing westward. We already set in our ways.
UK let me warn you, the money will come but it ain’t going be applied where is should be going. Officials will do more travelling to climate change conferences and not one change gonna happen here.
UK, if you wanna know how BVI running, read all the blogs n our local online news sites.
UK will be providing climate change funding while they are running the BVI for the rest of this decade.
Remove the duty on renewable energy imports – inc duty. Do it NOW!
But you collect money at every port for climate change – what happened to that money?
The environmental fee collected at the ports of entry isn’t even used to cut bush. It just go in the budget as revenue and help pays for the many trips they gots to take
maybe the roads should get repaired among other things and stop wasting time and money on climate change.