Stating that at the midpoint of the agenda of 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, more than 50% of Guyana’s targets are off track, a portion of which are in reverse and worse there is a US$4 trillion financing gap for implementation, double to what it was in 2015, Prime Minister Mark Phillps has suggested that the application of science, technology and innovation could be the solution to challenges such as food security, poverty alleviation, and climate change.
He was speaking at a conference themed “Current Development Challenges; the Role of Science, Technology and Innovation” part of the ongoing Heads of State and Government Summit of the Group 77 and China in Havana, Cuba last week.