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THE pledge by United States President Barack Obama in his recent inauguration speech to “respond to the threat of climate change” found favour with President Donald Ramotar who is confident that the support of powerful nations will be “a major step forward” in tackling a phenomenon that has ravaging global effects. At the recently concluded Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS), President Ramotar, who delivered an address, is hoping that the pledge will be “translated into reality.”
Powerful nations have often been the subject of complaints when world leaders meet at important forums like the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to advance a firm position on climate change.
At the centre of those complaints are the need for financing to support climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in the developing world (the most vulnerable to climate change) and capping greenhouse gas emissions, both of which have been met with much reluctance.
Developing nations, most of which are insignificant greenhouse gas emitters have argued about the need for compensation for the heavy prices they are paying for atmospheric catastrophes that have their origins in the high levels of emissions from the industrialised world.
The prices are as President Obama described in his inauguration speech, “devastating raging fires,” “crippling drought,” and “more powerful storms.”
Guyana suffered heavily due to devastating floods in 2005, and is constantly facing threat from sea level rise on a densely populated coastline that is below sea level.
However, with a revolutionary Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) that is supported by the Norwegian Government through a historic forest climate services agreement, President Ramotar told stakeholders at the Delhi conference that “we are willing and ready to play our part in tackling these issues.”
He explained some key objectives under the LCDS, chief among which is the transfer of fossil fuel generated energy to renewable resources when the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) comes on stream.
But in pursuing the endeavour, President Ramotar highlighted the importance of support from the international community. (GINA)
Powerful nations have often been the subject of complaints when world leaders meet at important forums like the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to advance a firm position on climate change.
At the centre of those complaints are the need for financing to support climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in the developing world (the most vulnerable to climate change) and capping greenhouse gas emissions, both of which have been met with much reluctance.
Developing nations, most of which are insignificant greenhouse gas emitters have argued about the need for compensation for the heavy prices they are paying for atmospheric catastrophes that have their origins in the high levels of emissions from the industrialised world.
The prices are as President Obama described in his inauguration speech, “devastating raging fires,” “crippling drought,” and “more powerful storms.”
Guyana suffered heavily due to devastating floods in 2005, and is constantly facing threat from sea level rise on a densely populated coastline that is below sea level.
However, with a revolutionary Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) that is supported by the Norwegian Government through a historic forest climate services agreement, President Ramotar told stakeholders at the Delhi conference that “we are willing and ready to play our part in tackling these issues.”
He explained some key objectives under the LCDS, chief among which is the transfer of fossil fuel generated energy to renewable resources when the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) comes on stream.
But in pursuing the endeavour, President Ramotar highlighted the importance of support from the international community. (GINA)
