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Emory Climate Talks feat. the Honorable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados
Emory Climate Talks feat. the Honorable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados
Emory Climate Talks and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program at Emory University are honored to welcome the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, on December 2nd at 4:00 p.m. (EST) for the final conversation in the Emory Climate Talks 2021 series.
Prime Minister Mottley has emerged as the most vocal and most determined advocate for urgent action with regards to climate change among political leaders of the Global South. Her recent speech at the Glasgow COP26 event galvanized the international community as Prime Minister Mottley laid down concrete proposals for immediate international intervention. Prime Minister Mottley’s pathbreaking role as a climate change activist is emblematic of her entire career, capped by election as the island’s first female political leader in 2019.
Later this month, the Mottley government will mark a symbolic break with Barbados’ colonial past by proclaiming the island a republic, ending the role of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as Head of State. Prime Minister Mottley’s willingness to engage with the Emory campus via Emory Climate Talks, the student-centered initiative, is certain to enhance opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to become the agents of change in the climate change movement.
Please visit the registration link to join the conversation on December 2nd at 4:00 p.m. (EST).
