The following is a statement by Hon Omar Figueroa  Belize's Minister of State  Agriculture  Fisheries  Forestry  the Environment and Sustainable Development  at the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP 22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)  the 12th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 12)  and the 1st Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1) on 16th November  2016