“We must have stronger support from the international community – what we call climate justice – which means adequate financing at low cost, quickly decided, in order to allow for all these works that we have been seeing to protect the island against the sea, and against the floods and storms,” he said.While commending the initiative, known as the Georgetown Sea Defense, he underlined the need for greater solidarity and financial support.
Mr. Guterres explained that under the fund, small projects like the one he visited would not require the same level of bureaucracy as those costing billions.
Rising from the ashes
Efforts to tackle erosion and sea-level rise are underway in St. Vincent and the Grenadines where a new coastal sea defense project is being constructed in the Sandy Bay community.The UN chief was in the country to attend the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held on Friday.Mr. Guterres visited a project that is helping the Caribbean nation to combat the effects of coastal erosion and rising seas – among the impacts of global warming.UN Photo/Lucanus Ollivierre