(From left) are Programme Specialist at the UNDP Dr. Patrick Chesney, Astrid Foo-Lynch of the Office of Climate Change, United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Mikiko Tanaka; Mayor of Bartica, Gifford Marshall; Head of the Office of Climate Change within the Ministry of the Presidency, Janelle Christian; Deputy Mayor of Bartica, Nageshwari Kamal Persaud and Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership Project Manager Yoko Ebisawa at the launch in Bartica.
The Ministry of the Presidency (MotP), through the Office of Climate Change, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on July 13, 2017, launched the Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP) in Bartica, which will see the town benefiting from a 20Kwp grid connected Solar Photovoltaic (PV) system at the 3-Mile Secondary School along with the installation of energy efficient lighting, as well as light-emitting diode (LED) street lighting. The Partnership, which is being funded by the Government of Japan supports countries in advancing the process of improving energy security planning for adaptation to climate change.
(From left) are Programme Specialist at the UNDP Dr. Patrick Chesney, Astrid Foo-Lynch of the Office of Climate Change, United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Mikiko Tanaka; Mayor of Bartica, Gifford Marshall; Head of the Office of Climate Change within the Ministry of the Presidency, Janelle Christian; Deputy Mayor of Bartica, Nageshwari Kamal Persaud and Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership Project Manager Yoko Ebisawa at the launch in Bartica.
