Oil and climate change in the Guyana-Suriname petro power basin / edited by Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Griffith, Ivelaw L., editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

New regionalisms (Routledge (Firm))

New regionalisms series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--Guyana.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum industry and trade--Suriname.

Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy.

Climate change mitigation--Government policy.

Climate change mitigation.

Petroleum industry and trade--Environmental aspects.

Power resources--Guyana.

Power resources.

Power resources--Suriname.

Petroleum reserves.

Geopolitics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Biography/History:

Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith is a Fellow with the Caribbean Policy Consortium and Global Americans and a Senior Associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He has published widely on Caribbean security and crime issues, the latest book being Challenged Sovereignty: The Impact of Drugs, Crime, Terrorism, and Cyber Threats (University of Illinois Press, 2024). Recipient of the Dr William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education, named in honor of former U.S. Defense Secretary, Ivelaw has served in several academic leadership roles, including as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, President of Fort Valley State University, Provost of universities in Virginia and New York, and as a Dean at Florida International University. Also, he has testified before the U.S. Congress and served as a consultant to the U.S. State Department, the Commonwealth Secretariat, Canada's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and several other agencies. As well, he has been a visiting scholar at the Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies in Washington, DC, the Royal Military College of Canada, and the George Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany.

Contents:

Dynamics of oil and climate change / Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith

Petro power in the Guyana-Suriname Basin in global context / Lorraine Sobers

Global investment in the energy and allied sectors in the Guyana-Suriname Basin : actors and actions / Arthur Deakin

Oil and security : geopolitical implications for the Caribbean of Russia's invasion of Ukraine / Georges A. Fauriol

Geopolitics of oil and territory in the Guyana-Suriname Basin / Riyad Insanally

Venezuelan petro politics and the impact on petro power in Guyana and Suriname / Patrick Paterson

Petro-power pursuits in the Guyana-Suriname Basin : lessons from Trinidad and Tobago / Anthony T. Bryan

Oil and the domestic politics factor in Guyana and Suriname / Barbara Reynolds

Oil and legal dynamics in Guyana and Suriname : considerations and contentions / Vivian M. Williams

Reflections on dynamics of the natural resource curse in Guyana and Suriname : lessons learnt and prospects / Jack Menke and Daniël Amrish Lachman

The oil economy in Guyana and Suriname : education challenges and opportunities / Leyland Lucas

Oil and institutions in Guyana and Suriname : challenges and opportunities / Mavrick Boejoekoe

Local content and the local business environment in Guyana / Joel Bhagwandin

The energy-environment nexus in Guyana / Ulric Trotz

Global climate change dynamics : impacts on the Guyana-Suriname Basin / Ulric Trotz

Oil, water, and climate change dynamics in the Guyana-Suriname Basin / Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith

Climate change mitigation measures in Guyana and Suriname : a policy perspective / Paulette Bynoe

Environmental risks and mitigation in the Guyana-Suriname Basin / Norman Munroe

Product diversification beyond oil and gas in the Guyana-Suriname Basin / Scott B. MacDonald

Beyond fossil fuels : alternative energy prospects in Guyana and Suriname / Keron Niles and Alicia Elias-Roberts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 25, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Oil and climate change in the Guyana-Suriname Petro Power Basin

ISBN:

9781003457718

1003457711

9781040034323

1040034322

9781040034330

1040034330

Publisher Number:

40032348509

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.