Bridgetown, Barbados— Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission President, has lauded the efforts being put in by the CARICOM leaders in dealing with climate change.
While speaking during the proceedings of the 48 Regular Meetings Of The Conference Of Heads Of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the European Commission president said that the steady progress made by Caribbean nations in dealing with the challenges being posed by changing weather patterns was quite commendable.
She also praised the Caribbean nations for taking strong stances on various global issues, including the political conflict in Ukraine, the Middle East, Sudan, and Haiti.
Leyen stated that the small island nations of the Caribbean region were playing a critical role in dealing with the climate crisis. She recognized that it was an existential challenge for the Caribbean nations to mitigate the impact of changing weather patterns and was of paramount importance for the entire Caribbean region.
She also talked about finding global solutions to climate change and stated that countries across the globe must cooperate in driving changes to deal with the challenges that were being posed by climate change.
She said that climate change could only be reversed by collective efforts made by all nations across the globe.
Standing up for recognizing the historical struggles that the Caribbean people have faced, the president of the European Commission expressed concurrence with the statement given by Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell, who has been seeking Reparatory justice from the European nations for subjecting the ancestors of the Caribbean people to slavery.
Prime Minister Mitchell has been quite vocal about the issue, calling it a crime against humanity.
Meanwhile, the heads of government of the member nations of CARICOM had assembled in Bridgetown, the capital city of Barbados, to participate in the 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which had commenced on February 19, 2025.
The theme of this year’s meeting was “Strength in Unity: Forging Caribbean Resilience, Inclusive Growth, and Sustainable Development.”
Other key issues that were discussed during the three-day event were the ongoing crisis in Haiti, regional security, digital resilience, and the advancement of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
