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Oct 17, 2009 News
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards has joined in the awareness campaign as it relates to the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) targeting the younger generation.
This was evident yesterday during a lecture, which was held at the Rupununi Room of the Hotel Tower.
The lecture by Dr. Paulette Bynoe; Director of the School of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Guyana, and Gitanjali Chandrapal, Climate Change Specialist from the Office of the President was held under the theme, ‘Tackling Climate Change through Standards’
The LCDS was simplified and expounded upon thoroughly to scores of youths from several city schools including students of the Queen’s College Secondary, North Ruimveldt Multilateral, International Business Education and West Demerara Secondary.
Addressing the gathering, Dr. Bynoe explained the causes, consequences and options for tackling the phenomena known as Climate Change.
Dr Bynoe explained how Climate Change has emerged as the world’s major long-term challenge, and emphasized the fact that dealing with the major challenge requires immediate attention, both at a local and international level.
Reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation actions aimed at adjusting natural or human systems, were two of the options discussed as it relates to tackling Climate Change.
Social and physical effects, such as the loss of loved ones due to many drastic changes in the weather (such as the 2005 flood) were addressed as serious consequences of climate change.
Both Dr Bynoe and Chandrapal emphasised the importance of the Copenhagen meeting at the end of the year and singled out the developed countries as the primary culprits for global climate change.
Dr Bynoe impressed on the students that the developed countries refuse to accept that they are at fault for the drastic adverse changes in the climate, and as such are seemingly reluctant to sign on to the LCDS, and reiterated to the students that they all play a part in saving the environment.
“Take lunch to school……instead of buying food in the boxes,” was among some of the advice Dr Bynoe gave to the room filled with first to sixth form students.
This, she said, along with better sanitation practices would in effect help the situation, and explained that these kinds of practices begin in the home.
She was effectively attempting to promote the lessening of their carbon footprint on the environment.
In answer to a question on whether LCDS would effect oil exploration and mining, she said that it has nothing to do with stopping explorations and mining, but rather to encourage safer practices and to move along a more sustainable path.
“It’s all about sustainable development…..having miners follow guidelines….everybody has his responsibilities……we’re in this together.”
One student asked, “What would the consequences of the United States not signing on to the LCDS be?”
In response the UG lecturer explained that the US is one developed country which contributes the most emissions, and as such other countries would be more reluctant to sign on to the initiative as well.
“Right now the US is not obligated to cut its emissions…if they sign on it would encourage other countries to do the same.”
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