Central American leaders point a finger at climate change. The leaders of Honduras and Guatemala called Monday for an increase in international funding to combat the effects of climate change and to aid their recovery efforts amid recent natural disasters. “Central America is not the producer of this climate change situation,” the president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, said at a news conference. “Instead, we are the most affected.”Mr. Orlando called on the United Nations to declare Central America as the region most affected by climate change worldwide. Honduras and Guatemala were hammered by Hurricane Eta earlier this month, and both nations are expected to be hard hit by Hurricane Iota.

Source: International New York Times November 16, 2020 15:14 UTC