{"id":13437,"date":"2023-10-24T20:23:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T20:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13437"},"modified":"2023-10-24T20:23:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T20:23:31","slug":"caricom-canada-summit-delivers-significant-commitment-to-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/caricom-canada-summit-delivers-significant-commitment-to-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Caricom\/Canada Summit Delivers Significant Commitment to Renewable Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali, in his capacity as the Caricom Chairman, expressed profound satisfaction with the outcomes of the recently concluded Caricom\/Canada summit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This two-day summit culminated in a substantial commitment towards advancing renewable energy projects in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada&#8217;s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced a significant financial pledge of up to 58.5 million dollars in collaboration with the Caribbean Development Bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This funding injection is poised to provide crucial support to renewable energy initiatives throughout the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Trudeau committed six million dollars to fortify resilient and renewable energy systems through the Caribbean Climate Smart Fund. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He underscored the vital role of clean, reliable, and affordable energy in the dual pursuit of climate action and economic prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali, reflecting on the summit&#8217;s accomplishments, underlined the considerable time invested in establishing a robust framework to foster investment and collaboration within the private sectors of Caricom and Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further emphasized the discussions centered around mechanisms facilitating seamless movement between Canada and Caricom nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a summary of the achievements, President Ali highlighted that the summit succeeded in cultivating greater trust, reinforcing friendships, and broadening relations between Canada and Caricom member states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the day, the President delivered remarks at a reception hosted by Prime Minister Trudeau, where he lauded the invaluable contributions of the Guyanese and broader Caribbean diaspora to Canada&#8217;s growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He assured attendees, including influential members of the diaspora, that they will always have a place to call home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali, in his capacity as the Caricom Chairman, expressed profound satisfaction with the outcomes of the recently concluded Caricom\/Canada summit. This two-day summit culminated in a substantial&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,362,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-low-carbon-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13439,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13437\/revisions\/13439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}