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Lead Ed­i­tor-News­gath­er­ing

The Unit­ed Na­tions’ most im­por­tant cli­mate change con­fer­ence, COP30, will start this week in Belem, Brazil. As world lead­ers and ne­go­tia­tors dis­cuss the way for­ward in the cli­mate fight, Ja­maicans, Cubans, Haitians and Ba­hami­ans will con­tin­ue to pick up the pieces from what was left be­hind by Hur­ri­cane Melis­sa.

The close­ness of the hur­ri­cane’s ram­page through the Caribbean to COP30 might lead you to be­lieve it could shake the con­science of ne­go­tia­tors and in­spire them to ramp up am­bi­tions at the two-week con­fer­ence. Cari­com Cli­mate En­voy Dr James Fletch­er said we have been here be­fore.