Mia Mottley (PM of Barbados) addressing the virtual Climate Ambition Summit (2020): “Frankly, at the global level we need to move from placatory rhetoric to real effective action or numerous nations across the world will be robbed of their future.I would like to believe that the major emitters are not capable of what would be close to climate genocide. I would like to believe that we are visible and indispensable for them… Our optimism and joy in Paris now seems short-lived. Global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise unabated and our window to end the crisis is closing” (Jarni Blakkarly, “High-emitting countries committing “climate genocide” without bigger reductions, Barbados PM says SBS News, 14 December 2020: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/high-emitting-countries-committing-climate-genocide-without-bigger-reductions-barbados-pm-says ).