President to raise climate change concerns at Commonwealth HOG meeting

President David Granger said he would raise concerns about climate change and global warming when he attends the Commonwealth Heads of Government (HOG) meeting.
The President met with Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly Meeting at UN Headquarters, New York.

The Head of State said discussions included climate change. “We feel that the Commonwealth will be a good forum to keep the issue of climate change and global warming alive and we are going to London next year at the Commonwealth next year and will raise it there,” the President is quoted as saying by the Ministry of the Presidency.
Also included in the discussion was the matter of assistance from the Commonwealth in the development of Guyana’s oil and gas industry. “Mainly in that regard it is governance it is legislation drafting and using the experience in other petroleum-producing countries that is the main area in which we have been collaborating,” President Granger explained.
During a bilateral meeting, President Granger and the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth shared their “mutual support in terms of the territorial claims” in both countries. Mauritius has a territorial dispute with Britain.
Likewise, Guyana raised its border controversy with Venezuela. “Mauritius, as part of the Commonwealth, has always given us support,” the President noted.