Transcript Trinidad and Tobago - Global Environment Facility

Dr. Howard Nelson
Biodiversity Specialist
Ministry of Planning, Housing and the Environment
Trinidad and Tobago
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Development of Adaptation Strategies based
on Climate Change Induced Dengue
Outbreaks;
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Pilot - Solar water-heating and lighting for
State institutions and government –funded
housing;
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CNG Pilot for Public Transportation;
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Policy and legislative reform analysis for
transition to renewable energy and alternative
fuels;
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Vulnerability, adaptation and impact of climate
change on nesting marine turtles;
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Biofuels and waste management;
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Assessment of the impact of climate change on
coral reef carbonate budgets;
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Monitoring of rare terrestrial ecosystems
threatened by climate change;
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Mapping, designation and management of
critical wildlife corridors in agricultural and
urban landscapes;
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Gap-analysis of priorities for marine
protected area designation;
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Current status - draft project document
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GEF Focal Area – Climate Change
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Proposed GEF Agency – UNEP
Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits &
National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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Development of regionally applicable models for
dengue epidemic forecasting under climate
change scenarios;
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Provide a means to forecast climate-change
mediated dengue outbreak risk;
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Provide a tool for government to predict and
manage outbreak events;
Main Project activities and link to national
strategies
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Identification of 8 study communities
Pre- and post- education intervention surveys
Establishment of microclimate monitoring
systems in 4 study communities
GIS modeling of dengue forecasting at study
sites
GEF Costs, cofinancing, etc
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Current status - draft project document
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GEF Focal Area – Climate Change
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Proposed GEF Agency – UNDP
Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits & National
Sustainable Development Benefits)
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Development of a national cost-benefit analysis for use of
Best Available Technology for solar lighting and heating;
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Increased awareness and buy-in by State agencies for the
transition to renewable energy;
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Increased public awareness and acceptance of renewable
energy in lighting and heating;
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Reduction of national carbon-emissions;
Main Project activities and link to national strategies
Identification of new State buildings for deployment
of technologies;
 Establishment of a monitoring systems to determine
renewable energy system performance;
 Cost-benefit analysis;
 Development of national policy on use of renewables
based on project evaluation;
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GEF Costs, co-financing, etc
 Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
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GEF Focal Area – Climate Change
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Proposed GEF Agency – UNDP
Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits &
National Sustainable Development Benefits)
Increased awareness and buy-in by State
agencies for the transition to renewable energy;
 Increased public awareness and acceptance of
use of CNG in transportation;
 Reduction of national transportation based
carbon-emissions;
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Main Project activities and link to national strategies
Identification of State fleet vehicles for deployment of
technologies;
 Establishment of a monitoring systems to determine
renewable energy system performance;
 Cost-benefit analysis;
 Development of national policy on use of renewables
based on project evaluation
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GEF Costs, co-financing, etc
 Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
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GEF Focal Area – Climate Change
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Proposed GEF Agency – UNDP
Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits & National
Sustainable Development Benefits)
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Increased awareness and buy-in by State agencies for the
transition to renewable energy and alternative fuels;
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Identification and development of policy instruments for
mainstreaming renewable energy and alternative fuels in
the energy, transport and agricultural sectors;
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Reduction of national carbon-emissions by transformation
of policy and legislative framework for renewable and
alternative fuels use in Trinidad and Tobago;
Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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Comprehensive analysis of existing policy and legislative
framework to determine challenges to renewable and
alternative fuels nationally;
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Development of recommendations to modify existing
national policies to increase the attractiveness of
renewables and alternative fuels;
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Draft new national policy on the use of renewables and
alternative fuels
GEF Costs, co-financing, etc
 Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
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GEF Focal Area – Climate
Change/Biodiversity/Cross-cutting
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Proposed GEF Agency – UNEP
Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits & National
Sustainable Development Benefits)
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Clearer understanding of the threat posed by climate
change to nesting habitat of these globally threatened
species;
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Identification of potential habitat management
interventions to ensure protection of marine turtle nesting
habitat;
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Reduction of reduction of extinction risk to marine
through climate change by reduction of impact on nesting
beaches;
Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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Analysis of known nesting beaches and their potential
for erosion through wave action;
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Modeling of climate change impact on rates of nesting
habitat erosion;
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Identification of potential mitigation activities to
protect these habitats;
GEF Costs, co-financing, etc
 Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
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GEF Focal Area – Climate Change
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Proposed GEF Agency – UNDP
Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits &
National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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Transformation of a waste-stream of used oils to
a biodiesel fuel stream;
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Reduction of waste oils contamination of surface
waters;
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Reduction of reduction of carbon emissions
through reuse of waste oils and use of biodiesel;
Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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Analysis of potential sources and volumes of waste
edible oils nationally;
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Cost-benefit analysis of the collection processing and
use of edible oils for biodiesel ;
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Development of collection and processing
mechanisms for waste edible oils;
GEF Costs, co-financing, etc
 Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
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GEF Focal Area – Climate Change
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Proposed GEF Agency – UNEP
Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits &
National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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Development of an understanding of climate
change and ocean acidification on coral
skeletons;
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Provision of a model for rates of coral loss
through ocean acidification;
Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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Establishment of 2 coral research sites in Tobago and
Jamaica;
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Assessment of the contribution of ocean acidification
to suite of stresses facing coral systems
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Modeling long-term impact on reef extent and
implications for sustainable livelihoods
GEF Costs, co-financing, etc
 Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
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GEF Focal Area – Climate
Change/biodiversity/ cross-cutting
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Proposed GEF Agency – UNEP
Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits &
National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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Identification of key elements of monitoring
system for threatened ecosystems;
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Develop model of rate of habitat loss;
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Provide a means for assessing the risk to
habitats for species of global importance
Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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Use of local NGOs and CBOs to establish permanent
monitoring sites in cloud and montane forest;
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Training of forestry department, NGO and CBO partners in
identification of target species;
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Development of spatially-explicit model for rates of
response of forest communities to projected climate
change,
GEF Costs, co-financing, etc
 Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
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GEF Focal Area –biodiversity
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Proposed GEF Agency – FAO
Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits &
National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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Identification of potential wildlife corridors which can
make significant contribution to maintaining
biodiversity in habitat fragments in urban/agricultural;
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Development of policy and administrative
mechanisms to protect important wildlife corridors;
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Provision of means to reduce ecosystem decay and
demographic stochasticity for globally threatened
species in habitat fragments
Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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Identification through remote sensing and GIS modeling
critical wildlife corridors;
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Development of administrative and policy mechanisms to
ensure protection of corridors identified as important on
the landscape;
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Development of training tools for use by Forestry
Department, NGOs and CBOs
GEF Costs, co-financing, etc
 Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
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GEF Focal Area –biodiversity /IW
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Proposed GEF Agency – UNEP
Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits &
National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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Identification of a priority list of marine areas
within Trinidad and Tobago’s national
jurisdiction for designation as protected areas;
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Development of an estimate of ideal spatial
extent of the marine protected areas system;
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Develop a national consensus on the
identification and designation of MPAs
Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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Identification of candidate sites for MPA status
through remote sensing and GIS modeling;
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Conduct focus group consultations to determine
degree of support for designation of candidate MPAs;
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Capacity building within management agencies;
GEF Costs, co-financing, etc
 Not determined