Low Carbon Development Strategy

This LCDS 2030 has been produced after a seven month national consultation on aninitial draft, and sets out how Guyana can stay true to the vision set out in 2009. Thecountry can create a model for avoiding deforestation and maintaining forests, whileat the same time growing the economy five-fold over 10 years and keeping energyemissions flat; investing in urban, rural and Amerindian development; protecting thecoast and hinterland from climate change; creating jobs in a suite of low carbon sectors;aligning the education and health sectors with low carbon development, and integratingGuyana’s economy with its neighbours.