Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis Terrance Drew poses for a portrait on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly at Scandinavia House in New York City on September 25, 2025. US President Donald Trump may dismiss climate change as a "con job" -- but for the leader of the twin island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis, its toll is unmistakable: land swallowed, homes battered, and livelihoods threatened. Prime Minister Terrance Drew, responding to Trump's blistering attack on the science of planet-warming fossil fuels at the United Nations, said: "Everyone has the opportunity to express themselves." But for his 45,000 countrymen and women, "it is not a matter of any discussion, it is a reality we are living," Drew told AFP on the sidelines of the world's body's high-level week in New York. (Photo by Issam AHMED / AFP) (Photo by ISSAM AHMED/AFP via Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: (L-R) Michael Gaffey, Director General of Irish Aid, Anna Hakobyan, Chief Impact Officer & Executive Director of Nutrition, CIFF, Gloria J. Balboa, Assistant Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health in the Philippines, Omar Abdi, Deputy Executive Director for Programmes, UNICEF, The Right Honorable Baroness Chapman of Darlington, UK Minister of State, and Jessica Malaty Rivera, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Science Communicator and UNICEF Supporter, speak onstage during Global Citizen NOW: Impact Sessions on September 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: (L-R) Anna Hakobyan, Chief Impact Officer & Executive Director of Nutrition, CIFF, Gloria J. Balboa, Assistant Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health in the Philippines, Omar Abdi, Deputy Executive Director for Programmes, UNICEF, The Right Honorable Baroness Chapman of Darlington, UK Minister of State, and Jessica Malaty Rivera, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Science Communicator and UNICEF Supporter, speak onstage during Global Citizen NOW: Impact Sessions on September 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: (L-R) Tom McPartland, CEO of The ELMA Foundation, Anna Hakobyan, Chief Impact Officer & Executive Director of Nutrition, CIFF, Gloria J. Balboa, Assistant Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health in the Philippines, Omar Abdi, Deputy Executive Director for Programmes, UNICEF, The Right Honorable Baroness Chapman of Darlington, UK Minister of State, and Jessica Malaty Rivera, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Science Communicator and UNICEF Supporter, speak onstage during Global Citizen NOW: Impact Sessions on September 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Jessica Malaty Rivera, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Science Communicator and UNICEF Supporter, speaks onstage during Global Citizen NOW: Impact Sessions on September 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: (L-R) Anna Hakobyan, Chief Impact Officer & Executive Director of Nutrition, CIFF, Gloria J. Balboa, Assistant Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health in the Philippines, Omar Abdi, Deputy Executive Director for Programmes, UNICEF, The Right Honorable Baroness Chapman of Darlington, UK Minister of State, and Jessica Malaty Rivera, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Science Communicator and UNICEF Supporter, speak onstage during Global Citizen NOW: Impact Sessions on September 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Jessica Malaty Rivera, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Science Communicator and UNICEF Supporter, speaks onstage during Global Citizen NOW: Impact Sessions on September 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: (L-R) Taily Terena, Anthropologist, Earth and Climate Defender, Institute of Indigenous Memory and Science, Global Citizen Prize Winner, and Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund of Agricultural Development, speak onstage during Global Citizen NOW: Impact Sessions on September 24, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Kim/Getty Images for Global Citizen)