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Office of the President  of Climate Change (OCC)

Office of the President  of Climate Change (OCC)

Contact person

Shyam Nokta, Adviser to the President and Head of the Office of Climate Change

Address

Office of the President, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, Bourda, Georgetown

Office locations

Guyana

Telephone

(592) 223-5205 

E-mail

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URL

http://www.lcds.gov.gy

Type of Institution:

Government agency

Work field:

Adaptation

  • Awareness raising & training
  • Legistative and institutional framework (political incidence)

Mitigation

  • Awareness raising & training
  • Legistative and institutional framework

Scope:

Guyana

Services:

The Office of Climate Change (OCC) works across Government to support work on climate adaptation, mitigation and forest conservation. It sits within the Office of the President. It is the entity with overall responsibility for consultations on Guyana's Low Carbon Development Strategy and works closely with the REDD Secretariat. It coordinates Government engagement with international forestry programmes including the Forest Carbon Parternship Facility, the Forestry Investment Programme and UN-REDD. It has no responsibility for finances REDD+ or otherwise. The OCC acts as the national focal point for climate change communication.