Ensure implementation of Paris Agreement provisions

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of Barbados, on Tuesday applauded the historic adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and called for its provisions to be implemented.

The task now is to ensure that the provisions of this legally-binding Agreement are implemented.  The international community must now retain the energising and uplifting spirit of Paris in the process going forward.  The world expects no less,” Prime Minister Stuart said in a statement on the adoption of the Agreement.

One hundred and ninety-five countries adopted the Agreement in Paris, France, after two weeks of intense negotiations.

The Barbados Prime Minister heaped praise on the Region’s skilled negotiators and said that “we are satisfied that our strong advocacy helped to ensure that the Agreement reflected the Region’s position on our major red line issues.”

The Region’s successful campaign, built around the slogan ‘1.5 to Stay Alive’, received energetic support from several groups and organisations, including youths and cultural artistes, whose efforts must be applauded. 

The Agreement reflects the Region’s position on financing support for the implementation activities in SIDS, including a baseline contribution of 100 Billion USD by 2020 and future additional provisions.  This will significantly strengthen our capacity to attain the ambitious goals of Climate Change adaptation.  We also applaud the proposed international cooperation on Climate-Change-friendly technologies and capacity-building in developing countries as another adaptation measure,” Prime Minister Stuart said.

Please read Statement by CARICOM Chairman, the Rt. Hon Freundel Stuart