the, the, the innovation green, the green revolution global. so listen to a whole lot of crime. it's probably up to speed, extra care. subscribe to those channels. we've got every friday. subscribe to plan . it's a world leave us a here in new york to meet for the united nations general assembly and for climate we. the bomb is, is one of the country's most impacted by climate change. i'm meeting with prime minister philip davis,

who's going to talk to me about how the island does and the taxes, who's to blame on, who should buy the call. thank you so much for joining me. it's a pleasure being here with you. i was wondering if we could stop by just maybe you can tell us a little bit about the kinds of impacts that you are seeing in the bahamas as a result of the rising sea levels and the climate changes. i think the, for the selective you have to understand the geography of the bahamas, me what i call an ocean state, instead of a 100000 square miles of a state and trying to water, and as well as not what's the most beautiful sight from? from the space and we think it's most people on the spot in the world. and we of about 700 die this roxanne keys. the challenge is that the land boss, 80 percent plus about i'm us, is a me at 3 meters above sea level. so the rising sees that comes along with the extensive tract, climate change settings to swell up all about on us and do cos on the we are

and what i call the out of a of americans with us, oregon a started a category $500.00. okay, that's about about 3 to 4 days over to the islands of a cool i'm going back to lawson. damn. is this estimate to be more than $3400000000.00 when you take that in a context of what our annual revenue might be, is usually around $2900000000.00 loss. ok, since by that one single event would like to, to complete the annual revenue of the country. we are not fortunate enough to be in that category of countries that could access financing either by we've got assess noon on all by way of doing a contributions because we are determined to be a high income company country and so we exploded. so what as the cycle,

that'd be fine ourselves and we have to borrow adding to our national debt, which competes progress in our development, providing the social service success needed to live people on the of the sneeze. why did stuff this done to so that they could so, so the, the a good kind of attention. so it's a devastating impact on our country. and the, the go button us has to take some take that into the context when they speak about their responsibility coming. so that straight away, i mean, the bahamas has filed legal submissions to the international court of justice. cooling for countries to be held account for their climate policies. i mean, which countries are you talking about when you're talking about global north and you're talking about like, i've talked with the oil producing countries. right. and the major manufacturing of countries, and which made to by the facts that uses that contributes most to the greenhouse

gas emissions, to be talking with all of those corporate entities as well as a company. because at the end of the day from the i c j hearing, we'd hope that not on the countries become comfortable, but also the oil producing companies have it comfortable and those allowing the buy new chain that contribute to the great house gas emissions. but i mean, it's not only global in most countries, the full into those categories under the us. triple see china is still considered as a developing country, also many of the big oil producing nations. but you, you might be talking about here under the framework. what kind of action are you hoping to see? i don't think the argument before the i, c j is, is defined to the countries in the global, not. it is defined to countries that are contributing 1st to the get greenhouse gases emissions. so whichever country that situated in the global and on or the

south would be held accountable. so it's not distinguished by, by the north, ourselves to the 6 and see to is 50, what contributing to greenhouse gases. you also have you have a common photos for that con, last here, a comp, countries greed to transition away from fossil fuels. what do you think about the action that has been taken so far following that? well, you know, what do i think? i think as i said, what they say the jury is still out on the door, stood out because the signals that's being sent doesn't quite match with that sort of commitment. so for example, in the us a commercial as glad as i'm advise for a fiery producing drive,

69000 barrels of the day in texas was approved about. i also have english commissioners given for the weight of the development of an oil field in the middle. and so i think something that is set to be an odd sign. so the question is, you know, whatever reasons, those permissions for product. but i only ask what signal that does that send to the rest of us who are talking about slowly was reducing? i'll cover the footprint by, by moving away from fossil fuel. does it? does it allied with plastic box one day will tell us what, what the, what it, what they should be. i mean do you think policies like the us is insulation reduction acts are good step forward or? it's certainly certainly a good step for that. i think that this one, the

a signature signature piece of legislation that deals specifically with the climate change. it's a, it is an app that you should to hold up and hopefully that would signal to a, to a more effective response to climate change on other countries to this photo. but considering obviously the us is now in a point where they were just about to have elections, of the inflection reduction act. who knows, you know, whether it will stay in place as a result of those elections. do you have any concerns concerning the us is also a big neighbor of the bahamas. the concern about the election. so as i feel like some results, i guess, i think might be a from the i have said i, i am, i will accept the of the american people. i think the american people associates the issues of climate change. and if,

if that is what the wish i would subdivide that was. so we're talking about obviously a former president. trump is, is made preston again. then you know, the potential to pull out of the, the parts agreement and other climate quotes that resurrection. and well, again, you know, of somebody for the american people, if they vote for him and that's what he decides to do it again, i bye bye that this would be as a country and others who would still be there would have just, you know, pablo and kind of ask you to be prepared to do, i mean, coming to coming back to the bahamas. like what obligations do you think the bahamas has to continue trying to reduce its own emissions even though they are negligible? particularly given that obviously 50 percent of the g d p is coming from a sector like tourism, which also is the heavy contributes. it's quite the taking steps to eliminate to

reduce comments which vince, even though is negligible. we are moving to the eighty's government vehicles transitioning to ease of course it is not an inexpensive exercise. and with our, in our resources, we are doing the best to move to it. and so we have just entered into a new energy form in new energy 0. very introducing clean a clean energy for generate this n t with a mix of soda, particularly off on the items those up happening as well as well. and i'll be doing that and we have committees in our last of developing countries, nbc, that'd be well by 30 by 2030, produce our investors by 30 percent. and we have, we have on our way to achieving that goal. we have created a new mission registry to be able to track and to and hoping to,

to have incentives for companies and to be to those who would contribute to domestic off with this. so we're taking our own steps to do so. also looking at addition, oddities in the sense be of started. i'll call jane buying to, to have a rest reset. so my bye bye, that was a good deca goes to an marine life. see, we have cause as i indicated, we have discovered, you know, the c class which has proven to be one of the most potent sequestering assets and it was and hoping to, to monetize it for the purpose of protecting it. showing that that loss is, is reversed. those are some, so we'll take your own steps to address the state,

and likewise contribute to you by the team. by the comp $29.00 late to this year is suppose to center around this issue of climate financing. what would you like to see coming out those negotiations? what would be most helpful to small island states like on the 1st floor, operationalizing, that awesome damage for this to this to lot of talk, let me go see. it says in fact, as i indicated, lots of data as far as that, that, that's been relegated to negotiations and then providing the funding that's necessary for us as such as talking and committing and searching. we need to make that actual. and then the other aspect i would like to see coming out of it is a change in what i call the criteria to accessing these funds. setting, setting up a protocol that that is not for the red take the access to the funds.

expeditious as opposed to frag done to do a c and uh the, or the criteria to getting those funds such that the above ability is that's what i did. it's one on developing states that take it into account as opposed to the vocabulary of states. and coming back to, i mean, you, you mentioned the climate change was the next, the central crisis for, for the bahamas. i mean, what plans were in place for he was supposed to friends as and when you know some of the others disappear. for example. um is, is there some, is that something that you are looking at and a lot with the urgency at this time because we feel nice. i'm still optimistic that we'd be able to reverse this this challenge and that, that, that, that we have to continue with the topic checklist and time for me not to lose my

items. we just need to, to, to come together while it's the issues and invest in the research necessary to do so. just one more question. when you sleep to speak to the global nations, what is it that you will be cooling for them to? to write the check a set of promises been made promises i would say not care, but it still remains to be kept. and i asked them to invest more innovation, be more mindful of sensitive to the fact that in the event they doing nothing what, what could likely happen to their interest? because they do not say would be the so they could be welcoming

a number of quite a few cheats that could, that could displace the own noms in the countries that have impact on the political landscape could, could impact the creation of communities if they do nothing is coming back on the road that g d p. spencer is that what they want? so that's part of the consequence. and so yes, they may be driven all by what they call the profit. and they may be concerned about the cost that it might take to, to correct his tenants. but the me that costs it is maybe more costly or inaction will be more costly than the cost for it about thank you so much for your

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