Dr Gale Rigobert, has described the decision by US President Donald Trump, to pull out of the Paris Climate Change as regrettable.

She says that the government of Saint Lucia reaffirms its strong commitment to full implementation of the Paris agreement. She challenged the notion espoused by the US President that climate change is a not real. She says families who lost their loved ones on Christmas Eve three years ago know climate change is not a hoax. She also spoke of communities that have been washed away by floods. She says climate change is a global challenge that requires a global response.