Attributing the natural disasters that member states of CARICOM have faced recently to climate change, Chairman Gaston Browne on Monday said that it is time that major polluters are made legally liable for the damage they cause as he called for climate reparations for the region.
During his address at the opening of the 42nd Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Browne, who is the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, noted that the meeting was being held against the backdrop of economic, social, financial and environmental storms more intense than the hurricanes that swirl around the Caribbean every year during the season.
He noted that several member states are currently recovering from the effects of Hurricane Elsa and offered support on behalf of the people of Antigua and Barbuda.
