‘We Are Not Drowning, We Are Fighting’: Countries Vulnerable to Climate Disaster Issue Rallying Cry

‘We Are Not Drowning, We Are Fighting’: Countries Vulnerable to Climate Disaster Issue Rallying Cry

By Sam Meredith, CNBC GLASGOW, Scotland — World leaders, campaigners and environmental activists representing people most threatened by climate change issued a defiant “warrior cry” at the COP26 summit on Monday: Do not compromise on 1.5 degrees Celsius. World leaders and delegates representing almost every country have convened in Glasgow, Scotland for U.N.-brokered climate talks, […]

PM Mottley of Barbados calls for radical regional integration to fast-track economic growth for the ‘New Caribbean’

PM Mottley of Barbados calls for radical regional integration to fast-track economic growth for the ‘New Caribbean’

Monday, July 6, 2020 — “The Caribbean should not be invisible for many and disposable for some,” said Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of CARICOM, Hon. Mia Mottley, at a recent online event hosted by the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS Commission).   In her discourse, Prime Minister Mottley pointed out that: “The Region should not […]

Barbados Prime Minister Urges World Leaders to Craft Post-COVID-19 Plan

Barbados Prime Minister Urges World Leaders to Craft Post-COVID-19 Plan

Photo: Barbados’ Prime Minister and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mia Mottley speaking to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. By Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday April 30, 2020 – Barbados’ Prime Minister and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mia Mottley, has described the effects of the coronavirus on this island and the region as “the most […]

Prime Minister of Barbados Hon. Mia Mottley delivers the 16th Raúl Prebisch Lecture

Prime Minister of Barbados Hon. Mia Mottley delivers the 16th Raúl Prebisch Lecture

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 — GENEVA, Switzerland – Honourable Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, delivers the 16th Raúl Prebisch Lecture at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday, 10 September, 2019. I am humbled to have been invited to deliver the 16th lecture to honor this great development thinker. I am also deeply humbled to […]