With Rich Nations in Disarray, Barbados Calls for Climate Action in Global South
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley called on developing countries to work together on climate as a way to counteract absent leadership and cuts in funding from rich countries.
Mottley urged dozens of heads of state and ministers from developing countries who gathered in Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados, for the Sustainable Energy for All Global Forum meeting on Wednesday to focus on ensuring universal access to clean, cheap and reliable energy. 'We need to create opportunities for each other, and I genuinely believe that that is entirely possible,' she said on stage in an interview with Bloomberg's Zero podcast.
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