[HIGHLIGHTS] Guyana President Irfaan Ali told a British journalist: The developed world is a hypocrite and has no right to lecture us

President of Guyana says developed world has no right to lecture him on climate change. President: "We have the lowest rate of deforestation in the world" Guyana is expected to extract approximately $150 billion of natural gas in the next few years.

The country is also expected to reduce its carbon emissions by up to 70% by the end of the 20th century, according to the World Resources Institute (WRI) WRI: "The world has lost 65% of its biodiversity in the past 50 years"