Anyone concerned with the present perilous direction of climate change must hope that countries not only stick to the commitments they made under the UNFCCC 2015 process but if possible raise their ambitions. It makes no difference that Guyana is one of only a few countries that are net carbon sinks; it made certain commitments which its current behaviour calls into question its capacity to fulfill.
Just after the presentation of the Norconsult report on the development of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project in December last year, it became quite obvious that for the government of Guyana to stymie the project, as it then appeared to be inclined to do, and still gain access to the US$80m which was set aside to help it finance the construction of Amaila, it would have to
