Tag: Low Carbon Development Strategy 2030

Statement by IMF Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura at the Conclusion of His Visit to Guyana

Statement by IMF Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura at the Conclusion of His Visit to Guyana

- February 15, 2024

Mr. Kenji Okamura, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in Georgetown at ... Read More

$4.7B passed in National Assembly for development, empowerment  of Amerindian communities

$4.7B passed in National Assembly for development, empowerment  of Amerindian communities

- July 20, 2023

More than $4.7 billion was on Thursday passed in the National Assembly to further develop and empower indigenous communities nationwide. ... Read More

Guyana increasing natural resource potential, minimising deforestation

Guyana increasing natural resource potential, minimising deforestation

- June 18, 2023

– Through expanded mineral mapping Guyana has expanded its mineral mapping capacity beyond tracking major minerals such as gold, diamond, ... Read More

Sale of carbon credits: $157B for investments in low-carbon development across Guyana

Sale of carbon credits: $157B for investments in low-carbon development across Guyana

- December 21, 2022

-LCDS Fact Sheet With the signing of the historic carbon credits sale agreement between the Government of Guyana and Hess ... Read More

New Memorandum of Understanding signed with German-based International Conservation NGO

New Memorandum of Understanding signed with German-based International Conservation NGO

- December 7, 2022

In another landmark move towards the implementation of the Low Carbon Development Strategy 2030 and improved environmental stewardship, the Government ... Read More

Guyana and EU join forces to meet highest international standards on export of legal timber

Guyana and EU join forces to meet highest international standards on export of legal timber

- October 27, 2022

On 27 October 2022, representatives of Guyana and the European Union met to discuss the implementation of their Voluntary Partnership ... Read More

With LCDS 2030, Guyana aligns oil sector with global climate ambitions 

With LCDS 2030, Guyana aligns oil sector with global climate ambitions 

- June 5, 2022

Today, Guyana joins the globe in celebrating World Environment Day 2022. This year’s campaign “Only One Earth” calls for collective, transformative ... Read More

LCDS initiatives will be financed through sale of carbon credits- draft document

LCDS initiatives will be financed through sale of carbon credits- draft document

- November 22, 2021

The ambitious initiatives set out in Guyana’s recently launched expanded Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030, will be funded from ... Read More

Guyana has 8.5 GW of hydropower potential on 33 plants-LCDS 2030

Guyana has 8.5 GW of hydropower potential on 33 plants-LCDS 2030

- November 15, 2021

─ second plant to be identified by 2025 The Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030 states that Guyana has 8.5 ... Read More

First on-grid solar farm for Berbice by 2023

First on-grid solar farm for Berbice by 2023

- November 13, 2021

Guyana is targeting 2023 as the commissioning year for its very first on-grid solar farm. According to the recently launched ... Read More