Georgetown : Celebrating the 87th birth anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II at an anniversary hosted by the British High Commission in Georgetown, Guyana, last eveing, British High Commissioner Andrew Ayre was in high praises of Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS)
He described it as a definitive model of what is possible in a densely forested developing country.
The strategy which seeks to transform the country’s economy on a pathway to sustainable development has identified hydropower, a biodiversity research centre, Amerindian community development and Information Communication Technology (ICT) among the priorities to be buttressed in the economy.
The strategy pioneered by former President Bharrat Jagdeo who was named Times Magazine’s Hero of the Environment and awarded the 2010 Champion of the Earth, is the country’s model for tackling climate change.
“I hope that a legally binding post -Kyoto agreement on greenhouse gas emissions can be reached soon,” Ambassador Ayre said.
The occasion was marked with a toast by President Donald Ramotar, First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett in the presence of other dignitaries who attended.
President Ramotar in his remarks said Guyana will continue to play an integral role in the REDD+ partnership that “provides for the establishment of a global initiative by which countries can be incentivised for reducing emissions through avoided deforestation.”
“We have no doubt that the Guyana REDD+ model can be a model that could be adopted by other countries in this pursuit. Guyana looks forward to partnering with the United Kingdom in achieving the goals to reduce harmful emissions and stop deforestation,” President Ramotar said.
Support from the UK has been pledged to the efforts to reduce the threat to transnational crimes, which take the form of drugs and arms, trafficking in persons or money laundering, and, defending the country’s territorial integrity from threats, Ambassador Ayre said.
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