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Barbados PM asks Donald Trump for face-to-face meeting on climate

Exclusive: Mia Mottley, who has championed climate action, says she would seek common ground with US president-elect

The Guardian - UK

Who’s who at Cop29? The world leaders and others who will attend

Crucial question for summit will be how to help developing countries cope with extreme weather caused by high temperatures

The Guardian - UK

IMF isn’t doing enough to support Africa: billions could be made available through special drawing rights

At the 2021 UN Climate Summit, Barbados prime minister Mia Mottley called for more and better use of special drawing rights (SDRs), the International Monetary Fund’s reserve asset.

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King Charles to face climate protests and calls for reparations as he heads to Samoa for Commonwealth summit

Britain faces demands for £200bn in slavery and £6.2 trillion in climate reparations by 2050

The Independent UK

‘We do not pay reparations’: Starmer rejects slavery atonement bid ahead of Commonwealth summit

Sir Keir Starmer has set out the Labour government’s position on the slavery reparations ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting this month

The Independent UK

Bahamas seeks help to pay off debt brought by huge storms, result of climate change

Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis tells The Associated Press that his nation is in a financial pickle

The Independent UK

T20 World Cup dodges storms to deliver and break new frontier

A better balance of bat versus ball made for an improved spectacle and plenty of fun in the Caribbean and USA

The Guardian - UK

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Powerful Hurricane Beryl threatens lives in Caribbean as it becomes Category 3 storm

Residents urged to take shelter with incoming super storm

Evening Standard

Hurricane Beryl forecast to become a Category 4 storm as it near southeast Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl is forecast to strengthen into a powerful Category 4 storm as it approaches the southeast Caribbean

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Beryl predicted to turn into first hurricane of season

Storm is forecast to glance off Barbados on Sunday before heading through Caribbean and toward the Yucatán

The Guardian - US

Cop29 at a crossroads in Azerbaijan with focus on climate finance

Fossil-fuel dependent country hopes to provide bridge between wealthy global north and poor south at November gathering

The Guardian - UK

Barbados leader halts £3m payout to UK MP for Drax Hall plantation

Government U-turn as PM Mia Mottley acknowledges anger from reparations movement over plan to buy Barbados land from Dorset MP Richard Drax

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation

Caribbean historians want Richard Drax to pay reparations – but now Barbados plans to buy his land for homes

The Guardian - UK

Caribbean leaders need to stop taking it on the chin and unite to defy condescending west

The president of Guyana’s scolding of a BBC reporter struck a chord with many who feel silenced by western dominance and the legacy of economic violence

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Exploring The Top 10 Countries With Female Political Leaders

Explore the top 10 countries with female political leaders, featuring prominent figures like Jacinda Ardern, Angela Merkel, and Tsai Ing-wen.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Caribbean: the island-shaped arguments about historical injustice

Editorial: Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today we look at a complex region that is raising its voice

The Guardian - UK

Root and branch reform: if carbon markets aren’t working, how do we save our forests?

The world has looked to offsetting schemes to protect forests, fund conservation and fight the climate crisis – but many fail to fulfil their promises. Here are five ways to keep our forests standing

The Independent UK

Barbados PM says country owed $4.9tn in reparations

Mia Mottley denounces ‘conspiracy of silence’ that has diminished horrors faced during colonial slavery

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The Guardian - UK

Barbados PM says country owed $4.9tn as she makes fresh call for reparations

Mia Mottley tells London audience that King Charles’s comments about slavery’s impact were welcome

The Guardian - UK

UK likely to miss Paris climate targets by wide margin, analysis shows

Exclusive: Under current policies, Britain could fall short of internationally agreed goal of 68% cut in emissions by 2030

The Independent UK

Activists at COP28 summit ramp up pressure on cutting fossil fuels as talks turn to clean energy

Activists had a series of events and actions lined up Tuesday at the United Nations climate summit seeking to amp up pressure on conference participants to agree to phase out coal, oil and gas, responsible for most of the world’s emissions, and move to clean energy in a fair way

France 24

Climate finance takes spotlight at COP28

Money pledges were in the spotlight at COP28 in Dubai on Monday as delegates turned their focus to the yawning gap in how much climate finance is needed and what's on tap, particularly for developing countries that need funds each year just to adapt to the warming world.

The Independent UK

Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They've urged the UN climate summit to help

A prominent developing-world leader on the issue of climate change said Monday that global taxes on the financial services, oil and gas, and shipping industries could drum up hundreds of billions to poorer countries adapt to and cope with global warming

The Guardian - UK

UK would be a climate leader again under Labour, vows Starmer

Exclusive: Labour leader tells Guardian at Cop28 that Britain is wanted back in ‘leading role’ as he accuses Sunak of retreating

Evening Standard

Barbados Independence Day: When did the Caribbean island become independent from Britain?

Barbados gained independence from the UK back in 1966, meaning it's been a sovereign state for 57 years

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