Hurricane Beryl: Caribbean leader calls out rich countries for climate failures as ‘horrendous’ storm makes landfall
by Natricia Duncan Caribbean correspondent from on (#6NXQ7)
Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines calls Cop largely a talk shop' and beseeches west to honor commitments
The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has decried a lack of political will in western Europe and the US to tackle global climate crisis as Hurricane Beryl has made landfall as an extremely dangerous" category 4 storm.
Speaking from his residence in SVG on Monday, Ralph Gonsalves described the unfolding catastrophe as the monster" storm ripped off rooftops, including that of the 204-year-old St George's Anglican cathedral in the country's capital, Kingstown.
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