LCDS 2030 benefits from the input of stakeholders all across Guyana.
Eight Months of consultations across the Coast and Hinterland Communities of Guyana have shaped and fashioned the 2030 draft of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).
The revised LCDS provided an opportunity to engage stakeholders on Guyana’s role in global climate action whilst addressing climate adaption challenges nationally. Both of these areas required inputs and recommendations from stakeholders. As such, the LCDS team set out on a countrywide process of awareness building and consultation. Ideas, concerns, and recommendations shared during that period have been added to the draft of the 2030 Low Carbon Development Strategy.
Among key stakeholders who were engaged during that eight-month period were residents of indigenous, coastal and hinterland communities.
At the just concluded National Toshaos’ Council Conference, a resolution was passed which in effect states that the Indigenous Communities agree with the recommendations and additions to the Strategy. Further, the Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee (MSSC) of the LCDS endorsed the finalization of the Strategy on July 18, 2022.
It was after that process that the Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh tabled the revised LCDS 2030 in the National Assembly on Thursday last.
Circular Economy, sustainable homes and communities, improved urban planning, expansion of sustainable economic sectors such as Agri, Mining, Tourism, Forestry, Digital Infrastructure, All modes of transportation, Education, and Health are among some of the areas the 2030 LCDS draft has made provisions for expressively.
The LCDS 2030 is designed to make Guyana climate resilient, and to improve sustainable livelihoods and create a stream of climate finance to make all the plans and projects it supports possible.
