Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo says President David Granger should have gone to the climate change summit currently ongoing in Paris and Guyana has lost momentum because of the lack of clarity in the APNU+AFC government’s climate policy. Granger, in response, has dubbed Jagdeo’s comments “misplaced, unfair and unhelpful.”
At a press conference on Saturday, Jagdeo said that Guyana’s advocacy at the climate talks has to be strong. “I know our negotiator who has been there a very long time, Andrew Bishop, he is going to … push strongly for the inclusion of forests but to get that included in the document we also need political support,” he said. “This bothers me a lot because globally we have lost momentum because we are not clear about this government’s climate policy,” Jagdeo said.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties meeting in Paris, known as COP 21, is currently ongoing. Countries across the globe have committed to create a new international climate agreement by the conclusion of COP 21. The COP 21 meeting will
