The agreement would boost Caribbean energy supplies and ease some US sanctions on Venezuela without allowing cash payments to go to President Nicolás Maduro’s government.
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Raising ambitions: How Latin America and the Caribbean is tackling the climate crisis New Atlanticist by Valentina Sader
A child carries his brother in a street covered in mud after the floods caused by the rains brought by Hurricanes Eta and Iota, in La Lima, Honduras on December 8, 2020. Photo via Jose Cabezas/Reuters.
The ripple effects of last week’s Leaders Summit on Climate, led by US President Joe Biden, will be felt for years, as the international community embraced renewed momentum toward mitigating the impacts of climate change ahead of November’s UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. With climate change impacts being felt across the Americas, urgency is rising in this pivotal part of the world.