.— antigua and barbuda.uda. thank you, mr president. i request _ antigua and barbuda. thank you, mr president. i request that _ antigua and barbuda. thank you, mr president. i request that the - antigua and barbuda. thank you, mr president. i request that the cop - president. i request that the cop president. i request that the cop president firmly acknowledge the g 77 and china position on loss and damage tabled in this session. the position is to establish the glasgow loss and damage facility under a financial mechanism and to lay out a process with workshops, technical meetings, technical papers, submissions from parties and inclusion of other stakeholders, as well as inputs to include the work of the experts on action and support. of the experts on action and su ort. , ., ~ ., support. listening to the antigua and barbuda _ support. listening to the antigua and barbuda representative - support. listening to the antigua - and barbuda representative speaking in behalf of the g 77 countries plus china, a se

listening to the antigua and barbuda _ support. listening to the antigua and barbuda representative - support. listening to the antigua - and barbuda representative speaking in behalf of the g 77 countries plus china, a section relating to loss and damage, which we know these countries are deeply unhappy about. at the moment, the text suggests there will be a dialogue about loss and damage, which is the first time it has appeared in the text, which is significant, but no money attached to it and no timescale either, although they are talking about the next two years. that is going on at the moment. apologies if some of this appears extremely technical and complex. it is, because don't forget, we are talking about two separate documents. when the president talked about cma, he is talking about the paris climate agreement, and some of the language in that document mirrors some of the language in the cop26 document, and thatis language in the cop26 document, and that is what he is putting three. so part of the revised deal has been ag

thank ou, floor to antigua and barbuda. thank you. minister- _ floor to antigua and barbuda.ght, we appreciate that additional time to mature some important issues. members have made a tremendous effort to be here and some members in our group will travel up to five days to remote locations on the of climate change. two weeks ago, it was indicated that we expected a return on our effort and we are now over time and the clock is running out. this morning our group was reflecting on whether it was all worthwhile after this final push. and there are a few things that hang in the balance. in this package we have priorities that are included which we cannot go home without, including elements of the mitigation section already mentioned. and elements in loss and damage that are not there for which we are extremely disappointed and we will express our grievances in due course. however, we lead with a spirit of compromise and we implore all parties to support our common outcome and move forward. we know what is at stake forward. we know what is at stake for our membership, our homes

gaston browne is the president of antigua and barbuda. island states. good to see you again. what you make of what you have just heard? absolutely correct. the issue of overshooting the 1.5 could be catastrophic, and only for small island _ catastrophic, and only for small island states, but for the entire planet — island states, but for the entire planet because the longer we take to achieve _ planet because the longer we take to achieve the 1.5 the more difficult it will_ achieve the 1.5 the more difficult it will become. so even the long term _ it will become. so even the long term goals could be undermined as a result— term goals could be undermined as a result of— term goals could be undermined as a result of missing the 1.5 go. so we have _ result of missing the 1.5 go. so we have to _ result of missing the 1.5 go. so we have to understand that climate change — have to understand that climate change is — have to understand that climate change is an essential threat facing all of— change is an essential threat facing all of humanity,

in behalf of the g 77 and china, the comments made by antigua and barbuda...heard by previous interventions, while not the perfect package, this is, we believe, a balanced package. it is not free of gaps. there are areas like loss and damage where we need to, and i believe we can, quickly advance innovative work to inform each of our positions and, therefore, in turn inform our collective position. over the last two weeks, i have heard a great deal of consensus in these rooms. and this afternoon, i hear consensus in this. mr president, i am encouraged by the openness in the text to the ways in which we can meet the scale of the finance required to meet the ambition on mitigation and on adaptation. i believe that, with this text, we have a basis on which to accept this agreement and to go forward. but to go forward beyond process. go forward to strengthen our partnerships and to strengthen those partnerships for the purpose of implementation of the important work that we all have to do. thank you. barbados, thank you very much for that— barbados, thank you very

gaston browne, the prime minister of antigua and barbuda and the chair of the alliance of small islandhe caribbean. we are suffering most of the consequences of climate change. we are seeing more frequent and ferocious storms, we would have seen ocean acidification and the destructuring of our coral reefs and even on the coastline in some instances, we are losing our beaches and as you know, most of our economies are tourism based. when you lose your beaches, you lose your tourism, so it is a very significant threat for those of us on the front lines, countries in the caribbean, in the pacific and indian oceans and that is why we continue to push the developing countries and the industrialised countries to reduce emissions. you don't hear the frustration from the smaller islands it will come down to money at the end of the two week process. down to money at the end of the two week process. nick mabey is the chief executive and founder of third generation environmentalism — a group working to speed up the transition to sustainable development. good to see you. i got to ask you before we

1.5 is what we need to survive. 2 degrees, yes, is a death sentence for the people of antigua and barbudae people of the maldives, from the people of fiji, for the people of can kenya and mozambique. and, yes, for the people of samoa and barbados. we do not want that dreaded death sentence. >> the deal is a result of slow negotiations from 200 delegations from around the world. so slow in fact that the summit had to be extended an extra day. balancing the needs of nations that are climate vulnerable and rely on fossil fuel exports is no easy feat. all parties should leave a little unhappy when making a deal. maybe the small step forward is the dire battle against global warming and an example of that, perhaps it is not. >>> coming up, after a long two weeks closing arguments for the kyle rittenhouse trial are expected tomorrow. what you need to know next. at yt hi mr. charles. we made you dinner. aww, thank you. ♪♪ as someone who resembles someone else, i appreciate that liberty mutual aww, thank you. knows everyone's unique. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay f

here's the prime minister of antigua and barbuda.ate change. we are seeing more frequent and ferocious storms, we've seen ocean recertification and the destruction of our coral reefs. and even now on the coast line in some instances, we are losing our beaches. and as you know, most of our economies are tourism based. and when you lose the beaches, you lose your tourism. so it's a very significant threat for those of us on the front lines, countries in the caribbean, in the pacific, and indian oceans, and that is why we continue to push developed countries and industrialised countries to reduce their emissions. you can hear the frustration in his voice the well, developing countries have historically contributed a very small proportion of the damaging emissions that drive climate change. currently the richest 1% of the global population account for more than twice the combined emissions of the poorest 50%. bangladesh is among the most vulnerable to climate change. 0ur science editor david shukman looks at one village there and what it

here's the prime minister of antigua and barbuda.tances we are losing our beaches looked up as you know, most of our economies are tourism based was it when you lose your beaches you lose your tourism. so it's a very significant threats to those of us on the front lines. countries in the caribbean and pacific and indian oceans and that is why we continue to push industrialised countries to reduce emissions. let's talk now about the protests that are taking place at the cop26 conference.. 0ur scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is out inside cup they are just politicians and people of power pretending to take our future seriously, to pretend to take the present seriously of the people being affected already today by the climate crisis. change is not going to come from inside there, that is not leadership, this is leadership. this is what leadership looks like! we say no more blah blah blah, normal exploitation of people and nature and the planets. no more exploitation, no more blah blah blah. what do we want?- exploitation, no more

we'll speak to the prime minister of antigua and barbuda, who represents the small island states.