Bahamas Prime Minister calls on polluters to 'write a check' for climate

A holiday destination for the rich, The Bahamas is facing an existential crisis, says its Prime Minister Philip Davis. Rising sea levels and increasingly volatile storms worsened by climate change are taking a toll on its people's livelihoods and the country's finances. Classified as a high-income country, it is does not qualify for much of the financing Prime Minister Philip Davis says it needs to deal with the impacts and the money he says it should be entitled to as a state responsible for less than 0.01% of global greenhouse emissions. Chapter Breakdown: 0:00 Introduction 0:23 A paradise island? 2:48 China, the United States: who's to blame? 4:32 A COP climate summit to climate action 6:36 Watching the U.S. elections 7:54 Lowering emissions in The Bahamas 10:20 Expectations of COP 29: the finance climate summit 11:35 An existential threat: the future for Bahamians 13:21 "Write the cheque" #climateweeknyc #climatechange #bahamas Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dwnews_hangout Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch