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Feb 03, 2012 News
Former Head-of-State, Bharrat Jagdeo, and Head of the Climate Change Unit, Shyam Nokta, are in India where they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indians which is related to a Climate Change Initiative.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday confirmed the visit, saying that Jagdeo was conducting official State business.
Dr. Luncheon told media operatives that Jagdeo was on “state business where his remit is unquestionable and this is dealing with the LCDS (Low Carbon Development Strategy) and related matters.”
Minutes after the disclosure by Luncheon, the Government Information Agency (GINA) issued a statement detailing the former President’s visit.
According to the Government statement, Guyana’s 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).
According to GINA, Jagdeo and Nokta 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.
Among the broad areas identified for assistance are 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 change initiatives and the LCDS.
Through this he 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 under the theme ‘Protecting the Global Commons: 20 Years Post Rio.’
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