Guyana
Status under International Climate Change Law
- UNFCCC: signature (13 June 1992) and ratification (29 Aug. 1994)
- KP: ratification (05 Aug. 2003) and date of entry into force (16 Feb. 2005)
- Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA
- Vienna Convention: accession (12 Aug. 1993)
- Montreal Protocol: accession (12 Aug. 1993)
- LRTAP: NA
- Energy Charter: NA
- Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
- Espoo Convention: NA
Federal Laws on Climate Change
Air protection
- Environmental Protections (Air Quality) Regulations (2000) [English]
Energy
- Guyana Energy Agency Act (1998) [English] to establish and develop the Energy Agency, which is responsible for regulation of the energy industries.
- Hydro-Electric Power Regulations (1973) [English] to regulate hydro electric power generation, including elements of land use and forestry
Forests and Land Use
- Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation (1998) [English] to conserve rainforests by creating a Centre responsible for regulation
- Protected Areas Act (2011) [English] to prevent deforestation in conjunction with the United Nations’ REDD Program
Government Documents
- Guyana – Creating Incentives to Avoid Deforestation (2008) [English]
- Guyana – Lessons Learned from the Guyana/Norway Partnership [English]
- Guyana currently has no comprehensive climate legislation. Guyana has, however, begun its Low Carbon Development Strategy, which includes borrowing $250 Million from Norway for investment in sustainable economic development. A 2013 update on the program can be found here.
- Seen as supplementary to the Low Carbon Development Strategy, Guyana also has instituted the Climate Action Plan in compliance with the UNFCCC.
- UNFCCC Submitted National Communication (2002) [English]
- UNFCCC Submitted National Communication (2012) [English]
Factual Matters
- Guyana – US Energy Information Administration
- Guyana – Yale Environmental Performance Index
- Guyana – United Nations Statistics Division
Secondary sources
- Hickey, Catherine, and Tony Weis, The Challenge of Climate Change Adaptation in Guyana, in Climate and Development, 1-12, (2012)
- Depoo, Tilokie, and David J. Rosner, The Ethical Dilemma of Sustainable Development: Guyana, in the Journal of Global Responsibility, 75-84 (2011)
Updated as of: January 15, 2015