Cuban PM calls for fulfillment of his climate commitments – Escambrai

Manuel Marrero noted that the financial support is not a gift, but rather a commitment due to his historical responsibility in bringing about climate change.

The Prime Minister of Cuba, Manuel Marrero, stressed this Wednesday that developed countries must fulfill their financial commitments to confront climate change.

During his speech on the second day of the regional meeting of Caribbean Heads of Governments in the Bahamas, the minister noted that this financial support is not a gift, but a commitment to his historic responsibility in effecting climate change, Prensa reports. Latin news in a telegram dated Nassau.

In addition to the damage caused by colonization and resource exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean, he continued.

He also considered that the complexities of the current financing mechanisms, their slowness, and their complex procedures are not commensurate with the urgency that should characterize climate finance.

According to the Cuban presidency, via Twitter, the head of government noted that “it is necessary, at the same time, that the Green Climate Fund, the Global Environment Facility, the Adaptation Fund and all multilateral banks simplify and harmonize the application of climate finance measures.”

The Cuban Prime Minister noted that developed countries have failed to achieve the goal of providing $100 billion annually to support the efforts of the South, scheduled for 2020.

On this day, Marrero held a meeting with his counterpart from Granada, Deacon Mitchell, where he endorsed the will to expand relations between the states. Meanwhile, Mitchell praised the work of Cuban doctors in his country and stressed that Cuba has an important place in his heart.

The two leaders agreed to support the brotherhood under the principle of inalienable solidarity.

On the second day of the regional meeting, attendees will discuss financial support and technology transfer to tackle climate change.