Georgetown : Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) will soon benefit from implementation support through a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Guyana and The Energy and Research Institute (TERI) headed by Dr. R.K Pachauri, Nobel Prize Laureate and Chairman of the Inter- Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Former President of Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo and Shyam Nokta from the Office of the President held discussions in Delhi with Dr. R.K Pachauri and TERI officials which will see Guyana receiving support from TERI in the implementation of its climate initiatives and the LCDS. According to information out of Office of Climate Change within the Office of the President, among the broad areas identified for assistance include support for long- term strategy development in the energy sector with focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency and establishing a partnership for the setting up of a Centre for Biodiversity Studies.
Dr. Pachauri, who has visited Guyana on several occasions and more recently in 2011 has been a supporter of Guyana’s climate initiatives and the LCDS and through this has facilitated collaboration with TERI to support and share its expertise with Guyana in the area of climate change, energy, environment and sustainable development.
Within the next two months, TERI will be sending a team of specialists who will be working with their Guyana counterparts on these priority areas.
Former President Jagdeo has been requested by President Donald Ramotar to attend, on behalf of the Government of Guyana the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2012 which is being convened by TERI in New Delhi, India from February 2-4, 2012 under the theme ‘Protecting the Global Commons: 20 Years Post Rio.’
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