Science, Not Scaremongering: St. Vincent & Grenadines PM on Hurricane Beryl & Climate Crisis

As the earliest Category 5 storm ever observed in the Atlantic carves a path of destruction through the Caribbean, we get an update on damage from Hurricane Beryl from the prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, where the storm hit Tuesday. He describes the disaster scenes he witnessed and discusses the rising challenge of extreme weather fueled by the climate crisis. The developed countries, the major emitters, are not taking this matter seriously," says Gonsalves. He says the world must dramatically reduce emissions and that the current political and economic system is driving all of us towards, if not extinction, to a terrible, inhospitable place called Earth."