Secretary General: In attention to our mandate to lead a process of climate finance mobilization; we carefully identified and discussed each of the challenges preventing financing from reaching the most vulnerable and embarked on a thorough process of assessment of existing and new initiatives. I am therefore pleased to report a few of our main achievements: 1. We collectively encouraged...

Colleague Heads of State and Government, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. I wish to start by thanking Prime Minister Solberg for her leadership on matters of The Blue Economy, Ocean Health, and Climate Change. This has manifested in the work of the High Level Panel which is making great strides in delivering on its mandate to “develop, catalyse and support solutions...

Colleagues, the global financing system requires an immediate transformation. It must be science-based; technically appropriate; transparent and supported by accurate and inclusive tracking methodologies. Let us look at some of these system fixes: 1. The PACTA Risk scenario analysis tools already applied by over 600 financial institutions worldwide, could be adopted by private investors to align their portfolios with the...

My colleague cohost Prime Minister Solberg of Norway Other Heads of State and Heads of Government present Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen I am honoured to co-host with Prime Minister Solberg, this High-Level Luncheon, and I am grateful for your overwhelming support in response to our urgent call for countries to partner for climate action. For Jamaica, it was important to...

INTRODUCTION Mr. Speaker, Colleagues and Honourable Members of this House, I am tasked to update you and the nation on the implementation of Phase II of the modernization and expansion of the alumina refinery in Nain, St. Elizabeth. As you are aware, this refinery, ALPART, is 100% owned and operated by Jiuquan Iron and Steel (Group) Company Limited (JISCO), which...

It is with great honour that I inform you Mr. Speaker, and through you, the Honourable Members, that Jamaica was among the over 40 nations that signed the Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (Singapore Convention) on August 7, 2019 in Singapore. MS, on 20 December 2018 by Resolution 73/198, the United Nations General Assembly, via Resolution 73/198,...

My fellow Jamaicans, good evening. I hope you enjoyed a good summer and you are eager to start a new school year. Tomorrow morning, a total of 1000 public schools at the infant, primary and secondary levels will open their doors to welcome almost 500,000 students and teachers. Rest assured that the Ministry of Education has worked very hard to...