Climate change is no longer a distant threat

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October 9, 2026

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Dear Editor, For too long, climate change has been discussed as though it were a distant problem, one that future generations would have to confront.

Today, however, its effects are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.

For Jamaica, a small island developing State particularly vulnerable to environmental changes, climate change is no longer a theoretical concern.

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