Developing countries in the Caribbean and elsewhere face serious challenges to their development agendas. These challenges have been exacerbated by global climate change. Now more than ever that these countries are experiencing major climate related catastrophic events, Caribbean nations need to successfully harness Science and Technology (S & T) as part of their armoury to place the region on a climate-resilient and low-carbon trajectory.

Science and Technology have been quietly contributing to the Caribbean's developmental needs, despite lacking a more enabling policy environment. It is time that Caribbean policymakers and people become familiar with the region's science and technology capacity, recognize its potential to make significant contributions to meet the development challenges of the day, and inspire a region wide commitment and action that espouse the mantra of "Science and Technology for Caribbean Transformation."

Drawing on over six decades of professional experience, this book offers a glimpse of regional efforts to address the use of Science and Technology. It is a professional biography that reflects on the development of institutional and human capacities in Guyana and the wider Caribbean to facilitate the use of Science and Technology in service to the peoples of the region. This book offers an insider's perspective on the process and environment that provided the author with the opportunity to lead the establishment of the Chemistry Department at the University of Guyana, the Institute of Applied Science and Technology in Guyana, and, finally, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre in Belize. In describing these institutional developments, the author provides readers with insights into the status quo of national/regional science and technology infrastructure, and details of the actual accomplishments of the Institute of Applied Science and Technology and the regional Climate Change Centre, most of which are not in the public domain.