UK, Guyana to work closely on climate change

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The Office of Climate Change, based in Office of the President, on Monday received a delegation from the United Kingdom as part of ongoing bilateral engagements on climate change.
According to a release from the OCC, the delegation led by British High Commissioner to Guyana Andrew Ayre also included Ian Bolton, climate change and energy desk officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Matt Nottingham, political officer at the British High Commission in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

From left to right: British High Commission Political Officer (Port of Spain) Matt Nottingham, British High Commissioner Andrew Ayre, Presidential Advisor and OCC head Shyam Nokta and UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Climate Change and Energy Desk Officer Ian Bolton

The visit was geared towards gaining a better understanding of how the UK and Guyana can work more closely and establish areas for greater cooperation on climate change. Among the areas discussed were progress on Guyana’s climate initiatives, the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) and the interim REDD+ mechanism being implemented through the Guyana-Norway partnership.
Guyana’s LCDS has won international acclaim as a workable model for forested developing countries of the world to achieve national development goals through sustainable exploitation of natural resources.
Guyana has been leading the way through a landmark agreement with Norway which will see the country receiving payments for avoided deforestation and other climate change related forest services. The partnership represents the world’s second largest interim REDD+ scheme and the first national-scale effort, with Guyana being one of few countries in the world that are being paid for the climate services their forests provide.

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