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European Union stresses the importance of addressing Climate Change

Oct 29, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
I was pleased to see that your editorial of 27 October (The effects of climate change on Guyana) noted the importance of the issue of Climate Change for us all, and that it is an issue that must be addressed urgently. For this reason, a major global summit takes place in Paris in December this year – the UNFCCC COP21 summit – intended to replace the 1992 Kyoto Protocol, has as its objective the securing of an ambitious agreement that will ensure the world remains on track to keep global warming below a 2° C increase limit. The EU has been working closely with Guyana and many other vulnerable countries and welcomes that fact that Guyana recently submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions to the COP21. The EU is a global leader on this vital issue – we are committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. The EU and its Member States are major providers of climate finance – delivering more than ten billion euro in 2013 alone. Almost half of all pledges to the Green Climate Fund came from EU Member States.
As your editorial rightly noted, Guyana’s coastal plain is below sea level and therefore climate change poses an immediate and serious risk to this country. The EU and Guyana have a strong and long-standing relationship on climate change, and the EU – as the largest grant donor to Guyana – has funded many climate change-related projects, in particular sustained coastal zone protection through sea defences  and mangrove restoration. In fact, to date the EU has given almost €100 million towards climate change adaptation.  For this reason the EU allocation of 34 million euro under the 11th European Development Fund 2014-2020 focuses on climate change adaptation, disaster reduction and sustainable infrastructure (including sea defences), building upon successful cooperation in this area in the past.
Ambassador Jernej Videtiè
European Union Delegation

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