Guyana

Framework of the Guyana Green State Development Strategy and Financing Mechanisms

Executive

Policy

Passed in 2017

The framework document for Guyana's development along a ‘green' pathway is intended to provide guidance on the prioritised areas to be developed in the Green State Development Strategy (GSDS). It represents a roadmap for Guyana's development along a reduced emissions pathway and builds on the successes of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) and several other national documents such as the Nationally Determined Contributions, Climate Resilience Strategy Action Plan (CRSAP), Draft National Energy Policy, and National Adaptation Strategy for the Agriculture Sector (2009 -2018). Development of the GSDS will be completed over the course of the next 12-18 months.A Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan was previously proposed in 2015.

Documents

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Climate targets in this law

1 target

Conserve an additional 2 million hectares through Guyana's National Protected Area System, continuing to use its monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system by 2030 against a 2017 baseline

LULUCF | Fixed level target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2017