Citing the 2017 hurricane devastation in the Caribbean, United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres lobbied CARICOM Heads on Wednesday to intensify the fight against climate change.
The guest speaker at the CARICOM Conference of Heads of Government in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, Guterres also highlighted violence against women and girls.
According to a transcript of his speech from the UN, the Secretary-General focused on challenges facing the region, especially climate change and other obstacles to sustainable development, including the imperatives of citizen security and building resilience and the importance of access to development finance.
