Following a meeting on Climate Change Financing in Ethiopia President Jagdeo made a presentation to 500 African diplomats on the subject of “Diplomacy in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable World.”
President Bharrat Jagdeo and other members of the United Nations High Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing are currently in Ethiopia, for a final round of talks aimed at identifying potential sources of funding for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
According to a Government agency covering the President’s visit, stated that following the meeting in Addis Ababa, the Advisory Finance Group is expected to complete its report by the end of October and present it to the 16th Conference of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Cancun, Mexico, by the end of November 2010.
Guyana has been fostering much closer diplomatic and economic relationships with African countries recently. A six- member Ministerial team from the Republic of the Congo wrapped up meetings in Guyana on October 12. The Republic of Congo is deeply interested in Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy and its diplomacy regarding REDD. Guyana has also been working closely with Gabon on climate change and economic development issues.
President Jagdeo held further talks with the Foreign Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia this evening.
