Oil and Climate Change in Guyana’s Wet Neighborhood|Dr. Ivelaw L. Griffith
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Guyana resides in an oil- endowed neighborhood, along with Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, and Trinidad and Tobago as major oil and gas producers and Suriname rising in the petro production ranks. However, South America’s sole Anglophone republic is also located in a wet neighborhood, where climate change has begun to impact society and can diminish some of the oil gains. This dual reality requires understanding the vicissitudes of the promise of oil and the potential peril of climate change. This book undertakes this task. It examines the dynamics of the country’s oil pursuits in the context of its political environment, assesses its physical and social geography and its environmental security vulnerability that has been accentuated by climate change factors, and explains the geoeconomic and geopolitical implications of Venezuela’s claim to Essequibo for the country’s petro power pursuits. The book also carries an appendix with fun facts about the country’s oil, gas, and climate change realities.
About The Author
Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith is a Fellow with the Caribbean Policy Consortium and a former Senior Associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies who has published widely on Caribbean affairs. His most recent books include Oil and Climate Change in Guyana’s Wet Neighborhood, Challenged Sovereignty, and the novel Sylvie’s Love and Loss. Ivelaw is the recipient of the 2015 Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education, named in honor of former US Defense Secretary Dr. William Perry, the first person from the Caribbean to receive this honor. He was also awarded the Cacique Crown of Honor—Guyana’s third highest national award—for Excellence in International Scholarship and Transformational Education Leadership. Dr. Griffith has served as Vice Chancellor (president) of the University of Guyana, President of Fort Valley State University in Georgia, Provost of universities in Virginia and New York, and as a dean at Florida International University. He has testified before the U.S. Congress and served as a consultant to several U.S and international organizations. He and his wife of four decades have two children and two grandchildren.
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