Mother of All Crises

Mother of All Crises

21 October 2025

While we worry about political crises, governance failures, an aging population, and poverty, we ignore the mother of all crises — the climate crisis.

Now, as dark clouds hang over the island and torrential rains pour down, overwhelming our fragile infrastructure, we are forced to face it. Yet we still deny it in our narrative. The story remains simply that “it’s raining a lot,” not that we are in crisis.

For years, we have held conferences at home and abroad. We have adjusted Aqualectra’s production mix, adding more alternative energy sources. Yet we still experience power outages.

Our story is not that of an island aware of the climate crisis and taking bold action. It’s the story of a community still pretending that the storm is just bad weather — not a warning.

Miguel Goede