{"id":27318,"date":"2025-10-29T17:32:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27318"},"modified":"2025-10-31T03:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T03:50:46","slug":"guyanas-plans-for-diversified-growth-environmental-sustainability-highlighted-in-saudi-arabia-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanas-plans-for-diversified-growth-environmental-sustainability-highlighted-in-saudi-arabia-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana&#8217;s plans for diversified growth, environmental sustainability highlighted in Saudi Arabia Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Guyana was well represented at the Future Investment Summit in Saudi Arabia, where President Dr. Irfaan Ali spoke of how Guyana is able to balance economic transformation with environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Head of State in his address to global leaders and investors on Tuesday, Guyana\u2019s forests store over 19 gigatons of carbon, and boasts one of the highest biodiversity densities globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jarryl-global.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali pointed out that this is even as Guyana currently produces oil, with proven oil reserves of&nbsp;11 billion barrels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Head of State also highlighted Guyana\u2019s investments in human capital, healthcare, technology, and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that Guyana is leapfrogging into a future where digitization and artificial intelligence will play a critical role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"910\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/saudi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27320\" style=\"width:1170px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/saudi.jpg 910w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/saudi-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/saudi-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/saudi-155x105.jpg 155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(From Left to Right: Saudi Arabia\u2019s Minister of Sport, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, President Dr Irfaan Ali and His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Bin Faizal Al Saud,  in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. <br>PHOTO CREDIT: President Irfaan Ali&#8217;s Facebook Page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guyana was well represented at the Future Investment Summit in Saudi Arabia, where President Dr. Irfaan Ali spoke of how Guyana is able to balance economic transformation with environmental sustainability.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,363],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-national-transformation"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27318","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27321,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27318\/revisions\/27321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}