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BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 30. President of Guyana
Irfaan Ali criticized developed countries for their hypocrisy when
a BBC presenter questioned Guyana’s dedication to addressing
climate change in light of the country’s ambitions regarding its
oil reserves, Trend reports.
“Guyana has a forest that is the size of England and Scotland
combined, a forest that stores 19.5 gigatons of carbon forest that
we have kept alive. That is a forest that you enjoy, that you do
not pay for, that you do not see a value in. We have the lowest
level of deforestation in the world. Even with our great
exploration of oil and gas, we will still achieve net zero,” he
said.
President Irfaan Ali noted that in the last 50 years has lost 65
percent of all the biodiversity. “This is a hypocrisy that exists
in the world. We have kept our biodiversity. Are you valuing it?
Are you ready to pay for it? Is your system in the pockets of those
who destroyed the environment through the Industrial Revolution and
now is lecturing us?”.
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