The European Union (EU) believes that Guyana’s balancing of oil extraction while preserving the environment will be a difficult task but it can be done, and this is why citizens and civil society need to be vigilant and persistently remind policymakers and leaders of the importance of finding that balance.
At a University of Guyana (UG) forum on Wednesday, EU Ambassador to Guyana, Fernando Ponz Cantó responded to a question from Stabroek News on the perceived incompatibility between Brusssels’ aid for sea defences and mangrove protection here while the expansion of the oil and gas industry has seen the removal of large acres of these natural sea barriers and carbon emissions could add to the climate burden and contribute to rising sea levels.
