ON THE MAP: PM touts COP26 participation success in placing Bahamas in beneficial global position

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis yesterday deemed this nation’s participation in COP26 a success, noting that it “put us on the map as never before”. The climate change summit was held in Glasgow, Scotland, from October 28, 2021, to November 14, 2021. Davis, who was delivering a presentation to Parliament yesterday on […]

TURN WORDS INTO ACTION: PM Davis urges world leaders to equip SIDS with tools to combat climate change

“Promises and agreements are easy; action requires courage” GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis yesterday urged world leaders attending the United Nations (UN) COP26 conference to support Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like The Bahamas with financing and technology to better combat climate change. In a televised speech in which he issued a […]

Around 120 leaders gather at COP26 in Glasgow for ‘last, best chance’ to keep 1.5 alive

PM Philip Brave Davis to speak today between 5pm and 7pm GMT (11am-1pm local time), after PM Kausea Natano of Tuvalu GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Around 120 leaders came together in Glasgow yesterday at the start of COP26, launching two weeks of global negotiations to help determine whether humanity can drive forward the urgent action needed […]

‘THEY WILL PAY’: PM Davis pledges to hold large nations accountable for climate change ahead of COP26

“We are not going to leave here without having a clear understanding of what we will get for what they would have done to us” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said yesterday that the government will hold larger countries accountable for the impact of climate change on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) […]