Guyana is to be represented at the high-level segment of the World Climate Conference at the Geneva International Conference Centre (GICC) in Geneva, Switzerland, tomorrow and Thursday. The Conference is organised by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) of the United Nations.
Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, will deliver an address to the conference as well as co-chair one of the high-level plenary sessions with Mr Paavo Vayrynen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development of Finland. Scores of Heads of State and hundreds of Government Ministers are expected to participate in the Conference which is anticipated to attract the attendance of more than 2,000 participants. It is expected that Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) and its potential impact on the global climate change agenda will feature prominently.
Under the theme of “Climate prediction and information for decision-making,” the World Climate Conference (WCC) will bring together Heads of State and Government, and Ministers and Heads of UN and other international organisations as well as climate scientists, world experts in the provision and application of climate information, concerned with the implications of climate variability and change. (GINA)