Last Updated on September 1, 2025, 6:31 PM AST by Anthony Morris
St Kitts and Nevis has taken another significant step in the direction of fighting Climate Change. The government, led by Dr Terrance Drew and his team, has become the 165th nation in the world to accept the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs.
The aim of the amendment is to make sure that the whole nation can rally together and fight climate change. The officials have shared that St Kitts and Nevis is the smallest sovereign nation in the western hemisphere to sign the agreement.
The Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis,. Dr Terrance Drew and Minister of Environment, Dr Joyelle Clarke are both extremely vocal advocates of climate action. They have been taking the voice of the federation, being the smallest nation in the western hemisphere, to international platforms like the UN.
The agreement was signed on August 29, 2025 and the government has pledged to work on the mandates of the agreement. The government of St Kitts and Nevis has pledged to make sure that they will reduce the usage and production of the HFCs by more than 80% in the next three decades.
The officials have shared that the members of the community will be supporting this mandate of the government. The officials have shared that St. Kitts and Nevis has become the 165th nation to sign the agreement.
The other Caribbean nations who are also part of the agreement include:
Barbados, Grenada, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas and Belize. The agreement is a crucial part of the country’s Sustainable Island State Agenda.
The officials have shared that the country and its people will take the mandate and this agreement seriously and work on making sure that they find more and more ways to support the fight against climate change.
The HFCs are considered as prominent greenhouse gases the use of which is a major cause for climate change.
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