T&T launches $4.85m net-zero project

Trinidad and To­ba­go has launched a four-year, US$4.85 mil­lion project aimed at re­duc­ing green­house gas emis­sions, pro­tect­ing bio­di­ver­si­ty and pro­mot­ing sus­tain­able eco­nom­ic de­vel­op­ment.

The ini­tia­tive, fund­ed by the Glob­al En­vi­ron­ment Fa­cil­i­ty, was in­tro­duced at a work­shop at the Hilton Trinidad and Con­fer­ence Cen­tre on Oc­to­ber 22.

It is be­ing im­ple­ment­ed by the Unit­ed Na­tions En­vi­ron­ment Pro­gramme, with the Min­istry of Plan­ning, Eco­nom­ic Af­fairs and De­vel­op­ment and the Unit­ed Na­tions De­vel­op­ment Pro­gramme serv­ing as ex­e­cut­ing agen­cies.