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Guyana’s Model Green Town Reflects Ambitious National Plan

At the head of the Essequibo River, in Guyana, you will find the town of Bartica. A pilot initiative will make it the first model ‘green’ town,

The light-emitting diode (LED) is one of today's most energy-efficient and rapidly-developing lighting technologies. Under the Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP) project, the community of Bartica is set to benefit from the installation of energy efficient as well as LED street lighting. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS

BARTICA, Guyana, Aug 3 2017 (IPS) - At the head of Guyana’s Essequibo River, 50 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean, you will find the town of Bartica. Considered the gateway to Guyana’s interior, the town has a population of about 15,000 and is the launching point for people who work in the forests mining gold and diamonds.

Under a new project, Bartica is to benefit from the installation of a 20Kwp grid connected Solar Photovoltaic (PV) system at the 3-Mile Secondary School along with the installation of energy efficient lighting, as well as light-emitting diode (LED) street lighting.

The implementation of the J-CCCP supports the government’s commitment to transitioning to the use of 100 percent renewable energy in public institutions by 2025.

The Ministry of the Presidency (MotP), through the Office of Climate Change, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched the Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (J-CCCP) in Bartica earlier this month.

The Partnership, which is being funded by the Government of Japan to the tune of 15 million dollars, supports countries in advancing the process of improving energy security planning for adaptation to climate change.

Head of the Office of Climate Change within the Ministry of the Presidency Janelle Christian said the partnership comes at an opportune time as it helps to advance the vision of President David Granger for Bartica to be developed as a model ‘green’ town.

“The J-CCCP project and the support that Guyana has been benefiting from and continues to benefit from is set within the framework of the ‘Green’ State Development Strategy (GSDS)… The pilot initiative that will be implemented in Bartica is a direct response to the President’s pronouncement on Bartica becoming the first model ‘green’ town,” she said.

The GSDS provides a framework for national development plans and policies for climate action.

Christian said that the implementation of the J-CCCP supports the government’s commitment to transitioning to the use of 100 percent renewable energy in public institutions by 2025.

“These initiatives have to date, through budgetary support and also resources that we have been able to leverage through our development partners, already started taking effect,” she said.

“The project here in Bartica is not unique to Bartica but it is part of that national programme where we would’ve already seen through the leadership of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) some schools being installed with photovoltaic system (PVs).

“Further, under the Ministry of Communities, I believe as part of the initiative for all of the townships, there is and has been budgeted resources for installation of LED street lighting and we felt that those projects must align with those national plans with respect to our achievement and implementation of those commitments that we have made,” Christian added.

United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Mikiko Tanaka said that the launching of the Partnership is in line with Guyana’s ‘green’ development trajectory. “The resources will undoubtedly contribute to enhancing Guyana’s and the other seven beneficiary countries’ ability to respond to climate risk and opportunities,” she said.

The partnership is part of a regional initiative that was officially launched in January 2016 and has been implemented in Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and now Guyana.

Tanaka explained that the partnership is part of the global effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as it relates to the climate action.

“The achievements from this project would ultimately support Guyana’s pursuit of evolving into a ‘green’ state, as it fosters a platform for collaborative efforts . . . the project allows for the adaptation and implementation of mitigation and adaptation technologies, which gives Guyana the flexibility to identify, develop and implement demonstration pilot projects that seek to address significant climate related ramifications,” she said.

Meanwhile, Programme Specialist at the UNDP, Dr. Patrick Chesney said that the partnership is an important response that emphasizes partnership between a developed country and developing countries.

“This is an ambitious response, and we must match that ambition with our energy with our passion and with knowledge.  Guyana is the second greenest country on this earth, so the move towards establishing a green state is simply putting in place the architecture, the mechanisms and ensuring that all we do is contributing to making and keeping Guyana green,” Chesney said.

Additionally, Mayor of Bartica, Gifford Marshall praised the organisations for implementing the Partnership in the community, which he said demonstrates the Government’s interest in developing the township of Bartica.

“It is most importantly a visionary council that was elected by the people for the development of Bartica, we are committed to serve, we were elected to serve and that’s what we will do, and these projects of course will bring about major transformation to the township of Bartica,” Marshall said.

Project Manager Yoko Ebisawa said the J-CCCP is designed to strengthen the capacity of countries in the Caribbean to invest in climate change mitigation and adaptation technologies, as prioritised in their Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).

These technologies will help reduce the dependence on fossil fuel imports, setting the region on a low-emission development path; as well as improve the region’s ability to respond to climate risks and opportunities in the long-run, through resilient development approaches that go beyond disaster response to extreme events, she said.

The J-CCCP brings together policy makers, experts and representatives of communities to encourage policy innovation for climate technology incubation and diffusion. By doing so, the partnership aims to ensure that barriers to the implementation of climate-resilient technologies are addressed and overcome in a participatory and efficient manner.

As a result, concrete mitigation and adaption will be implemented on the ground, in line with the countries’ long-term strategies. Building upon and supported by the NAMAs and NAPs, the partnership also supports the incubation of climate technology into targeted public sectors, private industries, and community groups and enterprises so that green, low-emission climate-resilient technologies can be tested, refined, adopted, and sustained as practical measures to enhance national, sub-national and community level resilience.

 
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  • CARMEN

    BARTICA THE GREEN CITY UNDER THE EFFECTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY LIKE THE TRANSMITTERS OF LIGHT, THROUGH THE COLLECTION OF THE LUMINIC WAVES PERFORMED BY THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SCREEN .-THE CALORIFIED SENSOR WITH INCORPORATED FILTER EMITTING THE SIGN OF THE LUMINOUS WAVES AND PROJECTING THEM IN THE MAGNETIC CIRCUITS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD IN VERSION OF A SCREEN FOR AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC BATTERY RECOVERY .- THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SCREEN IN VERSION OF THE SPECTRAL READING WITH SOUND AMPLIFIER PROVIDED OF A BAR CODE AS THE MEMORY SCHEDULED FOR THE COMPUTER VERSIONS REQUIRED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF A WORK SCHEME GIVEN OF A SCIENTIFIC AND SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY .- THIS ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPLAY WITH TERMINALS THAT IS PROGRAMMED TO ACHIEVE AN OPERATING PERFORMANCE IN AUTOMATION MACHINERY VERSION, FOR THE UNIT OF TIME .- ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN VERSION OF THE KINETIC SCREEN PROGRAMMED WITH TERMINALS UNDER THE ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY FOR THE GENERATION OF AN ENERGY POTENTIAL TO REMOTE CONTROL.-
    RECORDING THROUGH A DIRECT RETRANSMISSION LINE WITH SOUND AMPLIFIER EQUIPPED WITH A POLIGLOTE BISHOP THAT THE CALCULATOR RECORDS IT AND DECODES IT FOR THE ISSUE OF THE QUALIFIED AND QUANTIFIED DATA, BY THE SPECTRAL MASS UNIT.
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  • Erik Van Lennep

    I can’t decide whether the article is just off-base or the entire project is being spun….but come on, please. This is essentially saying that changing the light bulbs makes Bartica a green town. Maybe it’s a start, but it would have been helpful to hear about other plans and policies expected to carry it the rest of the way from such a tokenistic effort towards transforming into a truly sustainable community.

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