A Systematic Scoping Review of Climate Finance Law in Guyana: Opportunities and Challenges within the Context of Significant Oil Discoveries
Article from: OGEL 2 (2020), in Energy, Institutional Reforms and Development in Latin America
Abstract
Guyana is particularly vulnerable to climate change and its effects. It is highly susceptible to rising sea levels and flooding, as a result of much of its population living at or below sea level, and its worn coastal infrastructure. Guyana's government has recognised the urgency of addressing climate change but identified its limited financial capacity to take climate adaptation and mitigation actions. Nevertheless, it has adopted some law and policy initiatives to enable increased public and private climate finance. Simultaneously, laws and policies exist to financially ...