Georgetown : Director of the Climate Compatible Development Agency (CCDA) of Suriname John Goedschalk is in Guyana for a working visit with his Guyanese counterparts in the Office for Climate Change, Office of the President.
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The visit marks the beginning of a series of bilateral engagements being undertaken as part of an enhanced bilateral assistance framework agreed to by former President Bharrat Jagdeo and Suriname’s President Desi Bouterse when the latter came to Guyana last September just weeks following his election to office. Neighbouring Suriname, like Guyana is also formulating policies to counter the impact of Climate Change. As such, a Climate Compatible Development Agency (CCDA) has been established by the Suriname Government to help formulate a more structured approach to climate change matters. Like Guyana, Suriname sees economic benefits from the development of its own Low Carbon Development Strategy that will position that country to tap into existing REDD+ programs, designed to use financial incentives to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from avoided deforestation and forest degradation in participating high-forested member states. |
Guyana and Suriname have been working closely in the international climate change negotiations and particularly on the issue of REDD+ and are committed to the sharing of information and experiences, as the two countries seek to strengthen bilateral relations. As part of this visit a number of specific initiatives on climate change are being discussed whereby the two countries will collaborate. The visiting team will also meet with His Excellency Donald Ramotar and other government officials while here.
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