Guyana clinches US$300,000 grant from Green Climate Fund

Minister Raphael Trotman (second from left) with the team from Global Green Initiative after the signing. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Minister of Governance, with responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman, yesterday, signed a US$300,000 grant with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on the side lines of the United Nations Frame-work Convention on Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) in Paris, France.

A release yesterday from the Ministry of the Presidency said that Trotman and Ousseynou Nakoulima, Director of Country Programming for the GCF, signed the agreement in the presence of Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan; Dr. Kenrick Leslie, Executive Director of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre; and other dignitaries.