MINISTER of Governance Raphael Trotman Tuesday signed on to a €6 million climate change
project the government of Italy has agreed to with the Caribbean Community.Francesco La Camera, Director General, Ministry of Environment of Italy signed the
agreement with Guyana at Le Bourget Conference Centre in Paris where the UN climate summit

is being held. The agreement was also signed by Belize on Tuesday.

This project negotiated between the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (5Cs) and the
Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea of Italy, aims to address some specific climate
change issues affecting CARICOM states.

It will support the CARICOM member states to adapt to climate change, and protect these
states from vulnerability to sea-level rise and climate variability, the 5Cs office
said in a statement.

It will help countries implement their climate action plans, called the Intended Nationally
Determined Contributions (INDCs). The funds are also geared towards helping the Caribbean
develop the use of renewable energies; promote ventures between the private sector;
transfer technology; and exchange experts, scientists and researchers. The project is
expected to last for five years and was signed in the presence of the Chairman of the 5Cs,
Dr Leonard Nurse and the Executive Director of the 5Cs, Dr Kenrick Leslie, amongst other
dignitaries.

Minister Trotman thanked the government and peoples of Italy for their continued support
and friendship shown towards the peoples of Guyana and the Caribbean.

“This grant is going to be very useful,” Trotman told the Guyana Chronicle in Paris.

“We welcome the amount; it is a substantial grant and we will now put up projects to
benefit from this funding.”