Now on bbc news: ahead of cop 26, the un s flagship climate conference, global questions looks at the resilience of smaller nation states like barbados in the caribbean. Hello and welcome to this second edition of global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from barbados. The caribbean is the region in the world that s most vulnerable to natural disasters such as hurricanes. These have become stronger and more frequent as temperatures and sea levels rise, causing coastal erosion and damage to marine life and ecosystems. The government here in barbados says that climate change is the biggest threat to the caribbean, and is urging strong action at the national, regional and global level. Are the right steps being taken, and is the world listening? that s global questions: climate and the caribbean. Applause. Well, i m now at the 18th century george washington house, one of the finest and historic buildings here in the capital of barbados, bridgetown. I am joined by a local audience, who are
Global questions. Hello and welcome to the second edition of global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from barbados. The caribbean is the region in the world that s most vulnerable to natural disasters such as hurricanes. These have become stronger and more frequent as temperatures and sea levels rise, causing coastal erosion and damage to marine life and ecosystems. The government here in barbados says that climate change is the biggest threat to the caribbean, and is urging strong action at the national, regional and global level. Are the right steps being taken, and is the world listening? that s global questions: climate and the caribbean. Applause well, i m now at the 18th century george washington house, one of the finest and historic buildings here in the capital of barbados, bridgetown. I am joined by a local audience, who are going to be putting their questions to my two panellists. Let me tell you who s in the hot seat. Kirk humphry, you re the minister of maritime affairs an
Now on bbc news, hello and welcome to this second additional global questions from barbados. The caribbean is the region in the world most vulnerable to natural disasters such as hurricanes. These have become more stronger and frequent as temperatures and sea levels rise, causing coastal erosion and damage to marine life and ecosystems. The government here in barbados says that climate change is the biggest threat to the caribbean and is urging strong action at the national, regional and global level. Other right steps being taken, and is the world listening? that is global questions: climate and the caribbean. Applause. Iam now i am now at the 18th century george washington house, one of the finest historic buildings here in the capital of barbados, bridgetown. Iam joined by a local audience, who are going to be putting their questions to my two panellists. Let me tell you who is in the hot seat. Kurt humphry is the minister of maritime affairs and the blue economy for barbados, you a
Measuring 7. 2 magnitude. At least 29 people have been killed. In the uk, there are questions for police about why it chose to return a shotgun licence to the man who killed five people in the uk s worst mass shooting since 2010. Now on bbc news, ahead of cop 26, the un s flagship climate conference, global questions looks at the resilience of smaller nation states like barbados in the caribbean. Hello and welcome to this second edition of global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from barbados. The caribbean is the region in the world that s most vulnerable to natural disasters such as hurricanes. These have become stronger and more frequent as temperatures and sea levels rise, causing coastal erosion and damage to marine life and ecosystems. The government here in barbados says that climate change is the biggest threat to the caribbean, and is urging strong action at the national, regional and global level. Are the right steps being taken, and is the world listening? that s global que
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