Statement by the Nordic and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers

Humanity is currently facing the shared challenge of a triple planetary crisis. Climate change, the loss of biodiversity and pollution affect all countries and regions from the Caribbean to the Arctic both directly and indirectly.

Small Island and Low-Lying Coastal Developing States from the Caribbean are particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change given their location in the second-most-disaster-prone region in the world. It not only impacts our ability to attain sustainable development but threatens the Caribbean SIDS’ very existence and security.

In the Arctic region, average temperatures have already risen at triple the global pace, and climate change causes major impact on ecosystems and on the people in the Arctic, in particular Indigenous Peoples. Changes in the Arctic ice sheets are felt in the low-lying regions across the globe.

At a meeting between the Nordic and CARICOM foreign ministers on the margins of the High-Level Week

We reaffirm our commitment to tackling climate change and finding joint solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation. 

We underscore the importance of implementing the commitments enshrined in the Paris Agreement and urge the international community to take concrete actions to keep the goal of 1.5 alive at COP 30 to be held in Brazil in November 2025.

We call for climate finance to be mobilized to support mitigation and adaptation efforts at the level and scale required.

We stress the importance and our firm belief in science, advocate for the use of technology as an enabler for joint solutions and pledge to continue to work together to save our planet.

We also call on the UN to play a strengthened role in addressing these common challenges. 

Foreing Ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, and Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.