GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC—The Guyana authorities says it has entered into a brand new collaboration with The King’s Basis and Qatar Basis’s Earthna Middle for a Sustainable Future, which is able to assist advance the imaginative and prescient for sustainable city improvement as set out in Guyana’s Low Carbon Growth Technique (LCDS) 2030.
A authorities assertion stated a signature constructing could be constructed in Georgetown, using Guyanese supplies, strategies, and native know-how – mixed with worldwide experience.
It stated the constructing will show how cultural and environmental heritage can inform fashionable practices and can present an necessary template for sustainable city improvement and domestically led development in Guyana.
The assertion stated insights gained from this collaboration might be shared with different international locations dealing with related challenges, together with Qatar, which is creating a worldwide information trade and studying community.
Guyana stated the two-year collaboration is one part of the nation’s partnership with the King’s Basis to advance the LCDS 2030 precedence of Sustainable Cities and Cities.
Georgetown stated it resulted from discussions initiated by President Irfaan Ali when he visited Scotland in October final yr.
Native Authorities and Regional Growth Minister Sonia Parag, who represented Guyana at an occasion in Scotland to mark the announcement, stated, “Guyana’s partnership with The King’s Basis and the Earthna Centre is one other sensible step in the direction of making the subsequent section of Guyana’s Low Carbon Growth Technique as profitable as the primary.
“As we broaden the scope of the LCDS to incorporate sustainable city improvement, this collaboration provides a useful alternative to advance progressive options that honor our traditions whereas shaping a greater future for all.”
The initiative may also embody tasks in India, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania, highlighting the shared imaginative and prescient of all companions to construct resilient, inclusive, and sustainable communities.
Throughout the occasion in Scotland, Parag shared Guyana’s expertise in balancing financial progress with environmental stewardship below the LCDS and the way it’s being deployed to tell sustainable city planning.
