"Latin America is a world power, we are not here to
beg" Ministry of Environment
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Susana Muhamad, Colombian Minister of Environment and Sustainable
Development highlighted the importance of consolidating the Latin American
block, during the final document delivery in the high authorities meeting on
climate change of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
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The 34 countries came together to address the climate crisis in a document
revealed today and delivered in a panel held at the COP 27 in Egypt.
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Minister Muhamad celebrated the reactivation of the Community of Latin
American and Caribbean States (CELAC), in these times of climate crisis.
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. November 9, 2022. With her efforts set on settting a
milestone and making a real contribution to humanity, Susana Muhamad, Minister
of the Environment and Sustainable Development highlighted the joint agreement
in progress by the Latin American and Caribbean States Community (CELAC) in
these times of climate crisis, during the COP 27 in Egypt.
The new regional outlook is outlined by 12 points of the final document that reveals
the region`s main concerns in terms of climate action and addresses solutions
based on open, non-discriminatory rules that allow a fair and non-discriminatory
and unrestricted multilateral trading system. In addition to this, it seeks to promote
a joint work prioritized from the effects and vulnerability of climate change suffered
by these countries with innovative climate funding instruments, among others.
Susana Muhamad, Minister of the Environment of Colombia, applauded the
achievement and reiterated her call to consolidate a unified regional position in the
current negotiations, including the proposal to exchange foreign debt for climate
action. This will enable funding for climate change adaptation processes to benefit
communities and ecosystems of the most region`s most vulnerable populations.
“We are a world power. We are not here to beg; we`re here to show, as world
power how we can contribute to humanity. This declaration is a powerful first step, I
know we have the democratic support of our countries, because they are directly
suffering the consequences of the climate crisis, so this leadership needs to be
visible to the world,” said the environment minister, Susana Muhammad.
These declarations were given at the CELAC event, entitled “Latin America and the
Caribbean Facing Climate Change”, and included the participation of delegates of
the member countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados,
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Dominican Republic, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Commonwealth of Dominica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname,
Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.