Dominica Thursday urged the international community to assist Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) to deal with the impact of climate change and that his island has defied the odds in the aftermath of the passage of Hurricane Maria in 2017.
Addressing the UN’s Climate and Sustainable Development for All meeting here, Skerrit, said the survival of SIDS still remains in jeopardy.
“Despite our social, economic and environmental risk, vulnerability and precarious positions in the macro global framework, international rules compel small islands developing states like mine, and those of my Caribbean brothers and sisters to compete with and on the same terms as the world’s largest economies.
“The confluence of these factors when combined with the impact of climate change has placed many SIDS at risk of not achieving the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals),” Skerrrit told the High level conference.
He said the SIDS “very survival is in jeopardy” adding that the global community must now “skill up ambition and joint efforts to hold …temperatures in the range of 1.5 degrees Celsius recognizing that we are on the front line of the battle of climate change, now is the time for the global community to take decisive action to support SIDS in building capacity, ensuring clear predictable sources of financing, developing low carbon technology , offering a future to our young people, providing a descent standard of living for our citizens and securing our sustainable development”.
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