A la veille de la clôture, la COP27 coince toujours sur les finances

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Les pays en développement ont présenté un front uni jeudi, pour exiger un financement pour compenser les ravages que leur cause déjà le changement climatique, un sujet brûlant sur lequel butent les négociations, à un…

Les pays en développement ont présenté un front uni jeudi, pour exiger un financement pour compenser les ravages que leur cause déjà le changement climatique, un sujet brûlant sur lequel butent les négociations, à un jour de la fin prévue de la COP27.

“Retarder la justice climatique serait un déni de justice”, a lancé la ministre pakistanaise du Changement climatique, Sherry Rehman, au nom du puissant groupe de négociation G77+Chine, qui a déposé un projet de résolution sur la création immédiate d’une facilité financière dédiée à ces “pertes et dommages”.

“Nous voulons au strict minimum une déclaration politique d’intention”, a-t-elle dit lors d’une conférence de presse commune avec les représentant des autres groupes de pays en développement, Pays moins avancées (PMA), petits Etats insulaires (Aosis) et Alliance indépendante d’Amérique latine et des Caraïbes (Ailac). Elle a toutefois exclu que ces groupes claquent la porte des pourparlers, estimant que ce serait “prématuré”.

Cercle vicieux

“Les pertes et dommages sont un cercle vicieux qui doit être brisé. Le lieu pour le faire, c’est ici. Le temps pour le faire, c’est maintenant, à cette COP27”, a insisté au nom des PMA le ministre sénégalais de l’Environnement Alioune Ndoye.

Les Etats-Unis et l’Union européenne sont très réticents, mais l’UE a joué l’ouverture mercredi en annonçant plus d’un milliard d’euros de financements pour l’adaptation en Afrique, dont 60 millions pour les pertes et dommages.

Le vice-président de la Commission européenne, Frans Timmermans, a également proposé de raccourcir les discussions sur le financement des pertes et dommages à un an, au lieu de deux.

Il a dans le même temps insisté sur le fait que, si jamais la décision de créer un fonds spécifique était adoptée, la Chine, premier pollueur et deuxième puissance économique mondiale, devrait faire partie des contributeurs. “Si la COP échoue, nous perdrons tous,” a-t-il insisté jeudi.

Le sujet des pertes est rendu plus sensible encore par la multiplication des événements extrêmes dévastateurs, illustrée par le cortège d’inondations, sécheresses ou incendies géants de l’année en cours. 

Les pays pauvres, souvent en première ligne, sont les moins responsables du réchauffement climatique et ils réclament désormais un mécanisme financier spécifique sur ces dommages, auquel les riches sont très réticents.

Les discussions financières se déroulent dans un contexte de grande méfiance, les pays riches n’ayant jamais tenu un engagement de 2009 de porter à 100 milliards par an les financements de l’adaptation au dérèglement climatique et de la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre à destination des pays en développement.

Milliers de milliards

Les sommes pour l’instant sur la table pour ces différents secteurs sont dérisoires par rapport aux besoins estimés, qui se chiffrent de l’avis général en milliers de milliards.

La présidence de la COP égyptienne a de son côté fait circuler un document de travail en vue d’une déclaration finale qui ne mentionne rien de concret sur les sujets contentieux des finances.

Il propose toutefois des éléments sur certains autres dossiers importants.

Sur l’ambition climatique, il réaffirme ainsi l’objectif de limiter si possible le réchauffement à 1,5°C par rapport à l’ère pré-industrielle, objectif le plus ambitieux de l’accord de Paris de 2015.

L’Arabie saoudite et la Chine étaient réticents à cette mention, selon des observateurs des négociations à Charm el-Cheikh. Mais elle a finalement été reprise dans le communiqué final du sommet du G20 à Bali, dont ces deux pays sont membres, et se retrouve donc dans le projet.

Le texte souligne également que les engagements actuels de diminution des rejets de gaz à effet de serre des différents pays sont loin de permettre de tenir cet objectif et appelle une nouvelle fois à les relever. Selon les analyses de l’ONU, les engagements actuels permettent au mieux de limiter le réchauffement à 2,4°C d’ici à la fin du siècle.

Sur le volet énergétique, le projet fait une large et inédite place aux renouvelables. Et reprend le langage difficilement négocié l’an dernier à la COP de Glasgow appelant à “intensifier les efforts vers la réduction du charbon sans systèmes de capture” de CO2. 

Il ne mentionne pas une telle réduction pour le pétrole et le gaz, comme le réclament de nombreux pays, mais seulement celle des “subventions inefficaces aux énergies fossiles”, ainsi que l’a fait le G20 de Bali.

La conférence doit théoriquement s’achever vendredi, mais les COP se poursuivent en général au delà des délais prévus.

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Manifestation de militants écologistes à Charm el-Cheikh (Egypte) où se tient la COP 27, le 17 novembre 2022
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Le président de la Fédération du peuple Huni Kui du Brésil, Ninawa Inu Huni kui Pereira Nunes (à droite) et d’autres membres représentant les communautés autochtones, organisent une prière rituelle dans la station balnéaire égyptienne de Charm el-Cheikh, sur la mer Rouge, lors de la conférence sur le climat COP27, le 17 novembre 2022.
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Baby among 6 shot by gunmen in Norwood, St James Loop Jamaica

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Six people were shot, two fatally, by gunmen in Norwood, St James on Wednesday, a day after a State of Emergency was imposed in the parish.

Reports are that a baby is among the four victims who have been admitted to the hospital with injuries.

Reports are that a group of people were at a shop in the community when explosions were heard. The police were alerted. A search was carried out and six people were found suffering from gunshot wounds.

There were rushed to the hospital where two of the victims from the group succumbed.

The four other injured persons including a baby have been admitted.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday declared a State of Public Emergency (SOE) in the parishes of Clarendon, St Catherine, and sections of Kingston and St Andrew. An SOE was also established for the parishes of St James, Westmoreland, and Hanover.

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Remorseless child rapist jailed for 15 years

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A remorseless child rapist has been jailed for 15 years and three months. Thirty-three-year-old Ray Williams, who groomed his 12-year-old victim, was sentenced on Wednesday when he appeared before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Sexual Offences Court in Georgetown.

By pleading guilty to three counts of child rape, Williams, a coal miner and father of four, did not put the young girl through the harrowing ordeal of a trial.

He first raped the child between February 26 and July 31, 2021, then again between August 1 and 31, 2021, and again between September 1 and 30, 2021.

Notwithstanding his guilty pleas, Williams maintained his innocence.

“I am asking for mercy from the family [of the victim] and for the Judge to have mercy upon me, knowing that this is something I didn’t commit. I’m going to jail for something that I have never done,” said Williams, who appeared in court from prison via Zoom.

According to the sex offender, he pleaded guilty to the charge because “I don’t need to stay long in jail; so, I just admit to what is the crime so that I can pay my time.” He said the victim “knows in her heart” who harassed her.

On the first count of rape, Justice Kissoon sentenced Williams to 12 years in prison. He, however, adjusted the sentence upward for the repeated sexual assault on the girl. As such, Williams was handed prison terms of 13 years and three months and 15 years and three months on the second and third counts respectively. The three jail terms will run concurrently.

In admonishing Williams, whom he described as a “sexual predator”, the Judge told him that he had violated a position of trust as an adult, a husband, a father of four, and a spouse.

Williams was represented by Attorney-at-Law Teriq Mohammed, while State Counsel Cicelia Corbin, in association with State Counsels Caressa Henry and Paneeta Persaud, presented the prosecution’s case.

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Guyanese fugitive arrested in Dominican Republic

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Guyanese Dennis Edwards, called “Death,” a 38-year-old suspected drug trafficker, has been extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States, and is to face drug trafficking charges.

Edwards arrived in the Dominican Republic on Monday, November 14, but was denied entry and deported by Dominican Republic authorities. He was placed on a US Government flight that landed at Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey, and was detained by US Government authorities at the airport upon his arrival there. He appeared in federal court in Newark on Tuesday, November 15, before US Magistrate Judge Edward S. Kiel, and is being held without bail.

According to court documents and statements, the US Government claims that Edwards was part of a criminal conspiracy that arranged for the importation of cocaine into the US.

The conspiracy charge against Edwards carries a minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life in prison and a maximum fine of $10 million.

In 2010, the Guyana Police Force had issued bulletins for ten persons, including Edwards, in relation to a murder. Police had not specified which murders the men were being sought for, but the bulletins had come in the wake of three bullet-riddled attacks which had claimed the lives of eight people in the year 2010 and had ramped up pressure on the Police to solve the cases.

In a 2012 indictment, Edwards was charged with conspiring to import five kilogrammes or more of cocaine from St. Maarten into the United States.

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Driver arrested after teen seen hanging on to moving, overloaded minibus

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A minibus driver was arrested and immediately charged after a teen in school uniform was seen clinging on to the back of his bus while it was in motion.

The minibus operator was charged, Police say, after they saw a Facebook post circulating on the social media platform of the youth dangerously slinging behind a moving Route 40 minibus that was overloaded.

“The Police managed to arrest the driver of the minibus. The vehicle was also impounded at the Traffic Headquarters, Eve Leary,” a release from the Police read.

On Tuesday, the driver was charged for breach of condition of road service licence; failing to exhibit revenue licence and fitness certificate, tinted motor vehicle, and breach of prescribed fitness.

According to the Police Force, it has zero tolerance for traffic lawlessness, and every driver who is found in violation of traffic regulations will face the full brunt of the law.

“The Guyana Police Force wishes to encourage all drivers, pedestrians, and persons using our roadways to be more responsible and to remember the theme for Road Safety 2022, which is: ‘Safe driving saves lives!” the GPF has said.

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Agri Minister announces black giant chicken programme for Corentyne single mothers

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Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has announced that select single mothers from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) will soon benefit from the receipt of black giant chickens which they can use to their economic benefit.

This announcement was made when the Agriculture and Natural Resources Ministers, Zulfikar Mustapha and Vickram Bharrat respectively, held a community meeting on Wednesday at Bloomfield, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).

According to Minister Mustapha, the black giant chicken project would benefit all single mothers in the Whim/Bloomfield Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

He said each recipient would receive 25 baby chicks.

“We can even extend it to Alness. From Alness to Bloomfield – all the single mothers. A lot of people during the flood relief conned the process, so we have to be careful,” he said.

The villages that are added to this programme include Lancaster, Liverpool, Ulverston, Manchester and Alness.

Recognising that poor drainage and irrigation is a recurring issue for residents, the Minister committed to spending $42M to clean drains in communities within the NDC, and a further $35M to look after the drains in the cultivation area.

Meanwhile, during the outreach, the Minister also listened to, and addressed, various concerns of the residents. One resident pointed out that after years of agitating to have the street in which she lives upgraded from a mud surface to asphalt, rice farmers have started using its surface to dry their paddy. She said they did so for the last two crops.

“They take over the whole street, and there is nowhere to walk. At one time they cut the electric wire and did not report it, and another time they cut the telephone wire and took off the internet. I was without internet for five days, and I have online classes,” she bemoaned.

This resident said she had approached the Whim/Bloomfield NDC questioning the use of the road by rice farmers to dry their paddy. “The NDC told me that in this area there is no drying floor for the farmers. I am simply asking if there are plans to have a drying floor for the rice farmers in this area to dry their paddy.”

The Agriculture Minister, acknowledging that there is no such facility in the community, said he would have his technical staff try to locate suitable land and build a drying flood for paddy with funds from the 2023 National Budget.

Another farmer said he was in need of improved swine breed, and asked for two animals. His request was granted, as the Minister committed the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), which is an arm of the Agriculture Ministry, to give the farmer one of the breed of animals he was requesting.

Several other requests were granted to farmers on the spot as the Minister reminded them of the importance the Peoples Progressive Party Administration is putting on agriculture. He also reminded them that while in Opposition, the previous Government had made a lot of promises to assist the farming community, including rice farmers, but after taking office, the then head of State, David Granger, had told rice farmers that rice is private business and had given them no support.

He also pointed out that even though the Coalition, before taking office, had also promised not to close any sugar estate, they did the opposite soon after taking office.

He promised to be back in the community early next year.

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Bank Of Saint Lucia Returns With ‘Own Your Home’ Showcase – St. Lucia Times News

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Following a two-year hiatus, Bank of Saint Lucia is set to host the return of the signature ‘Own Your Home Showcase’ on Saturday November 19th 2022 at the Harbor Club, Rodney Bay.

The third instalment of the series is intended to connect prospective homeowners with key service providers and bank personnel with the objective of bringing them one step closer to the reality of owning their own home.

Bank of Saint Lucia recognizes that owning a home is one of the most significant investments an individual can make in their lifetime and the Bank is committed to providing the requisite guidance to potential homeowners.

Senior Manager – Retail Banking, Arleta Rate Mitchel indicated that: “The journey to home ownership to many is an intimidating process. As a home ownership banking partner, it is our responsibility to make it easier and to equip prospective homeowners with as much information as possible to make the best decisions for them and their families. This requires ongoing engagement regarding affordability and discussions on the available options and of course connecting future homeowners with reliable service providers in order to realize the dream of homeownership. ‘Own Your Home’ provides the forum to do just that, and we look forward to engaging, connecting and inspiring on the journey to home ownership.”

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‘Own Your Home’ will feature two components.

The showcase, which is open to the general public and runs from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. with an exhibition featuring service providers and professionals involved in the process of home ownership including contractors, architects, surveyors, lawyers, building suppliers, home security providers, green energy providers and others.

The closed-door seminar will run from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and will feature key presentations from subject matter experts who are integrally involved in the mortgage loan process – lawyers, quantity surveyors, architects, green energy service providers and bankers. To register for the seminar interested future homeowners can visit the Bank’s website or social media pages. Seats are limited.

Following the hosting of the Own Your Home showcase, the event moves to the south of the island in February 2023 for the Own Your Home Showcase– ‘South Edition’.

SOURCE: Bank of Saint Lucia. Headline photo courtesy Tierra Mallorca (Unsplash.com)

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$6.2 Million Saint Lucia Flood Damage Estimate Expected To Increase – St. Lucia Times News

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The estimated damage caused by the November 6 floods in Saint Lucia is expected to increase beyond the current $6.2 million.

“To date, for this Level II Disaster, we have damage and loss estimates of $6.2 million. This figure is expected to increase as teams continue to assess businesses, infrastructure, and other affected households,” Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre wrote Wednesday on Facebook.

Pierre, also Finance Minister, explained that with a complete assessment, the government would determine the next phase of assistance to the affected sectors.

And he again thanked the volunteers and teams responding to the needs of citizens at this time.

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On Tuesday, the Castries East MP convened an inter-agency Press Briefing to update the nation on the ongoing assessments from the flooding that devastated the island’s northern part.

He reiterated to the gathering that climate change is real and warned that Saint Lucia could face worse flooding.

But Pierre added that Saint Lucia would have to try its best to mitigate the effects of flooding, adverse weather, and other natural hazards.

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3 days to go: Team Ghana Loop Barbados

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T-3. The FIFA World Cup tournament is within touching distance and the world will pause to zoom in to Qatar, the host of the first World Cup in the Middle East.

The world’s best players, coaches, referees and sporting technology will be on show for one month, it is sports’ very own Hollywood event.

One of the stars that will feature at the event is Ghana, also known as the “Black Stars”.

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The African representatives have qualified for their fourth FIFA World Cup, and have been placed in a very competitive group, one which some would refer to as the “group of death”.

The Black Stars will be seeking revenge against Uruguay who eliminated them in the quarterfinal in 2010 in very controversial fashion.

Ghana were on course to be the first African team to reach the semifinals of the FIFA World Cup, but Luis Suarez had other plans.

After missing the party in 2018, Ghana will not only want to defeat Uruguay, but all others to prove that they deserve to be amongst the world’s best.

Country: Ghana

Capital: Accra

Population: 31.7 million

Confederation: Confederation of African Football (CAF)

Group: H

Professional League: Ghana Premier League

World Cup appearances: 4 (2022)

Qualification status: CAF playoff winner versus Nigeria

Key players: Tariq Lamptey (Brighton & Hove Albion, England), Thomas Partey (Arsenal, England), Jordan Ayem (Crystal Palace, England), Inaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao, Spain), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City)

Coach: Otto Addo (Ghanian/German)

Group mates: Portugal, South Korea, Uruguay

Predictions: An unpredictable group, where everyone has a chance, but I believe the “Black Stars” may have to battle for third spot with South Korea and look forward to the next World Cup in 2026.

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4 held by members of Lotto Scam Task Force in St Ann raid Loop Jamaica

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Four men were arrested by members of the Lotto Scam Task Force in St Ann on Wednesday.

The men were apprehended in a raid in the Exchange section of the parish.

One Toyota crown motor car was also seized.

The men Remar Renardo Brown, a 23-year old, unemployed man of Jackson Town Trelawny, Kemar Antonio Powell, a 26-year-old of Exchange Ocho Rios St. Ann.

Nicardo Dillian Skinner, a 34-year-old, Plummer of Top Town Clarks Town Trelawny and Exchange St.Ann, and Richardo Glatson Thorpe, a 19-year-old, unemployed man of Top Town, Clarks Town Trelawny and Exchange St Ann were all charged for possession of identity information.

They were booked to attend the St Anns parish Court.

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