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By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, March 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
In last week’s column I had expressed my concern over the variations in the stated area of Guyana’s total forest cover that are to be …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, March 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
With an estimated 4 billion acres of forests worldwide covering 30 per cent of the earth’s land area, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, February 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
In my column last Sunday I indicated that the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) recent assessment of the state of the world’s forests had observed …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, February 21, 2010 | 0 Comments
In last week’s column I began by introducing the sixth and final of the basic contradictions, which as I have argued underlie global multilateral negotiations …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, February 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
Last week I was careful to point out that any serious assessment of the LCDS and the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, February 7, 2010 | 0 Comments
I trust that readers who have been following my rather extended discussion on lessons to be learnt from the failed Copenhagen Climate Change Conference will …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, January 31, 2010 | 2 Comments
Solution or source of global climate change
In this week’s column I shall wrap up the discussion over the past few weeks of the key lessons …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, January 24, 2010 | 2 Comments
Thus far over the past two weeks I have highlighted in these columns what I believe are six very important lessons, which should be learnt …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, January 17, 2010 | 0 Comments
Last week I started to identify, in no particular order of importance, those vital lessons that should be learnt from the recent United Nations Framework …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, January 10, 2010 | 3 Comments
As I have pointed out earlier, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Guyana and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway and …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, January 3, 2010 | 3 Comments
As we saw last week the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Guyana and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway provides for …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, December 27, 2009 | 8 Comments
‘Dirty secrets’
I hope that I have already indicated clearly Norway’s double standards in its climate change and global warming actions. More generally, its Santa Claus …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, December 20, 2009 | 11 Comments
I hope that by now readers would have realised that Norway can in no way be looked upon as Guyana’s Santa Claus. I have also …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, December 13, 2009 | 7 Comments
For this week’s column, let me begin by re-emphasizing a couple of observations I have made about global inter-governmental negotiations thus far, as I continue …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, December 6, 2009 | 16 Comments
In this column last week I started what I hope will be a fairly full assessment of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). At the …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, November 29, 2009 | 2 Comments
Last week I concluded my rather extended discussion on the current global economic crisis and the lessons to be learnt from this. I trust readers …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 2 Comments
Several readers have expressed surprise and disappointment on reading in last Sunday’s column that the G20, which includes so many former champions of poor countries …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, November 8, 2009 | 2 Comments
In last Sunday’s column I had described the many pledges made in the past by rich countries to come to the aid and support of …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, November 1, 2009 | 1 Comment
Guyana and the wider world
CARICOM and the G20
Dr. Clive Thomas
In my column last week I was at pains to acknowledge the astounding rise of the …
By Dr Clive Thomas | Sunday, October 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
Recap
Last week’s column responded to three queries readers had raised in regard to my earlier discussion on trade. One of these was to explain …
