In recognition of the need for global action to combat climate change, Guyana became a Non-Annex I party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in June 1992, and has since made significant progress in the implementation of the Convention's principles to combat global climate change. In 2002...
Guyana has already started to take action to build resilience to change impacts and to enhance capacities to adapt. Indeed, the Government of Guyana (GoG) is committed to a green economy to sustain economic prosperity, environmental security and social well-being. Policies which support this vision include the Low Carbon Development...
The inclusion of green policy objectives in Barbados can be traced to the National Strategic Plan (2006-2025) and the Budget Speech of 2007. The process was given further impetus in 2009 when the then Prime Minister laid down the challenge of committing Barbados to become the “most environmentally advanced green...
The National Strategic Plan of Barbados 2006–2025: Global Excellence, Barbadian Traditions provides the blueprint for the realisation of Barbados’ vision of becoming a fully developed society that is prosperous, socially just and globally competitive by the end of the first quarter of 20th century.
The Plan set the six strategic goals...
Since 2008, the Government of Barbados has been forced by the turbulent and inhospitable global economic environment to navigate the Barbadian economy through the most severe and sustained global economic crisis in our history. In response, Government rolled out a Medium-term Development Strategy 2010-2014 and a Medium-term Fiscal Strategy 2010-2014...