“There’s No Lifeboat to Take Us Back:” UN Head Demands Urgent Action Before Pacific Islands Wiped Out

By Democracy Now

HAVANA TIMES – Major polluting nations including the United States are facing new calls to pay for their role in causing the climate crisis. At a major summit in the Pacific, the message from low-lying Tuvalu was: “If you pollute, you should pay.” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres spoke in Tonga and said ocean temperatures are rising in the