Trinidad and To­ba­go has emerged as a re­gion­al leader in en­vi­ron­men­tal pro­tec­tion, achiev­ing a 78 per cent phase-out of Hy­drochlo­ro­flu­o­ro­car­bons (HCFCs) as of 2025.

The coun­try is on track to meet its am­bi­tious tar­get of a 97.5 per­cent re­duc­tion by 2027 un­der the Mon­tre­al Pro­to­col, a glob­al treaty de­signed to safe­guard the ozone lay­er.

Since join­ing the Pro­to­col in 1989, Trinidad and To­ba­go has con­sis­tent­ly set the pace in the Caribbean, be­com­ing the first na­tion in the re­gion to sign on to every amend­ment.