Energy and Environment Access to affordable energy and
environmental protection are essential for sustainable
development. They are also essential to the poor who are most
likely to be affected by environmental degradation or a lack of
access to clean and affordable energy supplies. Energy and the
environment are global issues, and efforts to tackle climate
change, a loss of biodiversity or damage to the ozone layer are
best tacked through joint action rather than by individual
countries acting alone. Protection for the sustainable
management of biodiversity is important to achieving the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). And these goals are
unlikely to succeed if environmental sustainability and access
to energy services for the poor are not fully addressed. UNDP
aims to help the Government of Guyana to strengthen its capacity
to address these challenges at national and community levels by
seeking out and sharing best practice, providing innovative
policy advice and linking partners through pilot projects