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UN chief urges global solidarity, accelerated climate action after visit to hurricane-stricken Barbuda

UN chief urges global solidarity, accelerated climate action after visit to hurricane-stricken Barbuda

Oct 09, 2017, at 02:42 pm

New York, Oct 9(Just Earth News): Having seen first-hand the destruction wrought by the recent hurricanes in the Caribbean, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday called for the full mobilization of the international community to support the people of the affected areas, while stressing the need to accelerate climate action.

Hurricane Irma erased ‘footprints of an entire civilization’ on Barbuda, Prime Minister tells UN

Hurricane Irma erased ‘footprints of an entire civilization’ on Barbuda, Prime Minister tells UN

Sep 22, 2017, at 05:45 pm

New York, Sept 22(Just Earth News): The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Alphonso Browne, told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday that after the largest storm ever in the Atlantic Ocean, “the island of Barbuda is decimated; its entire population left homeless; and its buildings reduced to empty shells.”