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Ministry of Planning and UNDP launches US$5.152 million climate project

Trinidad and Tobago - The Ministry of Planning and Development and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the largest ever grant funded project in Trinidad and Tobago aimed at meeting our commitments to reduce ozone depletion as well as our climate change ambitions.  
 
The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) US$5.152 million grant four-year project entitled “Energy Efficiency through the Development of Low-carbon RAC Technologies in Trinidad and Tobago” aims to create a sustained market change towards the adoption of low-carbon Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (RAC) technologies in Trinidad and Tobago. The project is led by the National Ozone Unit of the Environmental Policy and Planning Division, Ministry of Planning and Development. 
 
Officially launched on November 16, 2022 in a ceremony at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, this project is on the heels of Trinidad and Tobago’s participation in the 34th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, COP34, in Montreal from October 30 to November 4, 2022. Trinidad and Tobago is also currently participating in the United Nations 27th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, COP27, in Egypt and is preparing to be present at the 15th Meeting of the Parties on Biodiversity, COP15. This energy efficiency project is connected to Trinidad and Tobago’s commitments to all of these multilateral environmental agreements. 

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