{"id":14421,"date":"2023-11-29T18:37:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14421"},"modified":"2023-11-29T18:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T18:37:11","slug":"guyana-to-advocate-for-forests-and-clean-energy-at-cop28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-to-advocate-for-forests-and-clean-energy-at-cop28\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana to Advocate for Forests and Clean Energy at COP28"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyana is set to participate in the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates with a focus on two major issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo highlighted that the country will advocate for the role of forests in achieving net zero and support a just transition from fossil fuel to clean energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being an oil-producing nation, Guyana supports a reduction in global fossil fuel production subsidies and advocates for early decarbonization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Radha-COP-28-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The government emphasizes a just transition that involves incentives to introduce renewable energy at scale to meet global energy demand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo noted that achieving net zero does not necessarily require a total reduction in fossil fuel but targets specific sources, especially coal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forests will be a key focus for Guyana in its efforts to reach net zero by 2050. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Radha-COP-28-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The country sees forests as a crucial abatement solution in addressing climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Irfaan Ali will lead the Guyanese delegation to COP28, scheduled from November 30 to December 12, with a return before December 3 due to concerns related to Venezuela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana is set to participate in the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP28) in the United Arab Emirates with a focus on two major issues. Vice President Bharrat&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14421","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=14421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14425,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14421\/revisions\/14425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}