The rule of law is a cornerstone of democracy. This is also enshrined in the Commonwealth Charter and the Commonwealth Latimer House Principles. Due observance of constitutional democracy and the rule of law in Guyana rests, in large measure, with the conduct of the various branches of government. All must be faithful to the spirit and letter of the Constitution and operate within the parameters given to each by the Constitution.
Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland
Last month was the hottest month in recorded history with polar ice shrinking to its lowest level. In Iceland, which is losing 11 billion tons of ice annually, a bronze plaque is being unveiled to mark the loss, through climate change, of the first of its 400 glaciers, Okjokull. Among the inscriptions are the words “415 ppm CO2” in reference to the highest concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere recorded last May. According to one of the researchers:
