PM Mottley calls for global action on climate and debt crisis at COP31

In an address consistent with her firm approach to tackling climate change and mitigating climate risks, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley told world leaders at COP31 in Türkiye that a global movement is needed to address the issue.

Recalling her appeal to world leaders at COP26 in Glasgow five years ago to make greater efforts to achieve the 1.5-degree Celsius target, which she said was critical for survival, Ms Mottley noted that the evidence was now clear: the world had not tried hard enough.

Referring to climate-related disasters that have devastated livelihoods and economies across the world, the Prime Minister stressed that “the climate does not negotiate with geopolitics”.