Perhaps more than it realizes, under the 12th December 2015 United Nations Paris Agreement on Climate Change which, having been ratified by a sufficient number of states, became international law in November 2016, the government of Guyana has taken many positions and made numerous commitments that in my view have severely limited its policy space in the area of climate governance. I believe that as a country we tend to be very laid back about our regional and international obligations, but commitments about the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project made during the process that led to Paris may prove very important.
The introduction to the Paris Agreement states that
