"The category 5 hurricane that hit three weeks ago caused almost $10bn (7.6bn) in damage and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. He called it evidence of the new phase of climate change. We did not create this crisis, but we refuse to stand as victims, Samuda said. We call on the global community, especially major emitters, to honour their commitments and safeguard the 1.5C [above preindustrial levels] threshold for Jamaica."
"Other nations reiterated the life-or-death nature of stepping up the fight to cut emissions, calling it a moral duty and saying climate damage was their day-to-day reality. Our very existence is at stake, Mauritius's foreign affairs minister, Dhananjay Ramful, said. A decade after the promises of the Paris agreement, despite our good intentions, we realised that we have not done enough our planet demands action now."
At Cop30 in Belem, vulnerable nations led by Jamaica pressed wealthy countries to urgently cut emissions and increase financial support to limit catastrophic warming. Jamaica described Hurricane Melissa as transformative, with a category 5 storm causing almost $10bn in damage and displacing hundreds of thousands, framing the crisis as evidence of a new phase of climate change. Delegations demanded major emitters honour commitments to keep warming near 1.5C and provide more climate finance. Cuba and Mauritius warned that immediate action is necessary to prevent irreversible harm. Calls framed emissions cuts as a moral duty and survival imperative for vulnerable states.
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