Persaud urges Caricom to push for climate action at Rio+20

Irwin LaRocque

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud  on Friday issued a call to Caricom officials for action on climate and sustainable development issues at the upcoming Rio +20 conference.

Persaud was making remarks while welcoming delegates to the 39th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Deve-lopment (COTED) on  environment and sustainable development at the Guyana Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown.

According to a copy of those remarks, Persaud in an action call to delegates declared: “We no longer have the luxury of endless discussions and weak commitments. Future generations will judge us on