national gef priorities and project ideas – trinidad and tobago

Dr. Howard NelsonBiodiversity SpecialistMinistry of Planning, Housing and the EnvironmentTrinidad and Tobago

Development of Adaptation Strategies based on Climate Change Induced Dengue Outbreaks;

Pilot - Solar water-heating and lighting for State institutions and government –funded housing;

CNG Pilot for Public Transportation;

Policy and legislative reform analysis for transition to renewable energy and alternative fuels;

Vulnerability, adaptation and impact of climate change on nesting marine turtles;

Biofuels and waste management;

Assessment of the impact of climate change on coral reef carbonate budgets;

Monitoring of rare terrestrial ecosystems threatened by climate change;

Mapping, designation and management of critical wildlife corridors in agricultural and urban landscapes;

Gap-analysis of priorities for marine protected area designation;

Current status - draft project document

GEF Focal Area – Climate Change

Proposed GEF Agency – UNEP

Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits & National Sustainable Development Benefits)

Development of regionally applicable models for dengue epidemic forecasting under climate change scenarios;

Provide a means to forecast climate-change mediated dengue outbreak risk;

Provide a tool for government to predict and manage outbreak events;

Main Project activities and link to national strategies

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 Not determined



Proposed GEF Agency – UNDP


Development of a national cost-benefit analysis for use of Best Available Technology for solar lighting and heating;

Increased awareness and buy-in by State agencies for the transition to renewable energy;

Increased public awareness and acceptance of renewable energy in lighting and heating;

Reduction of national carbon-emissions;


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;

GEF Costs, co-financing, etc Not determined


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;


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



Increased awareness and buy-in by State agencies for the transition to renewable energy and alternative fuels;

Identification and development of policy instruments for mainstreaming renewable energy and alternative fuels in the energy, transport and agricultural sectors;

Reduction of national carbon-emissions by transformation of policy and legislative framework for renewable and alternative fuels use in Trinidad and Tobago;


Comprehensive analysis of existing policy and legislative framework to determine challenges to renewable and alternative fuels nationally;

Development of recommendations to modify existing national policies to increase the attractiveness of renewables and alternative fuels;

Draft new national policy on the use of renewables and alternative fuels



GEF Focal Area – Climate Change/Biodiversity/Cross-cutting



Clearer understanding of the threat posed by climate change to nesting habitat of these globally threatened species;

Identification of potential habitat management interventions to ensure protection of marine turtle nesting habitat;

Reduction of reduction of extinction risk to marine through climate change by reduction of impact on nesting beaches;


Analysis of known nesting beaches and their potential for erosion through wave action;

Modeling of climate change impact on rates of nesting habitat erosion;

Identification of potential mitigation activities to protect these habitats;



Transformation of a waste-stream of used oils to a biodiesel fuel stream;

Reduction of waste oils contamination of surface waters;

Reduction of reduction of carbon emissions through reuse of waste oils and use of biodiesel;


Analysis of potential sources and volumes of waste edible oils nationally;

Cost-benefit analysis of the collection processing and use of edible oils for biodiesel ;

Development of collection and processing mechanisms for waste edible oils;



Development of an understanding of climate change and ocean acidification on coral skeletons;

Provision of a model for rates of coral loss through ocean acidification;


Establishment of 2 coral research sites in Tobago and Jamaica;

Assessment of the contribution of ocean acidification to suite of stresses facing coral systems

Modeling long-term impact on reef extent and implications for sustainable livelihoods



GEF Focal Area – Climate Change/biodiversity/ cross-cutting



Identification of key elements of monitoring system for threatened ecosystems;

Develop model of rate of habitat loss;

Provide a means for assessing the risk to habitats for species of global importance


Use of local NGOs and CBOs to establish permanent monitoring sites in cloud and montane forest;

Training of forestry department, NGO and CBO partners in identification of target species;

Development of spatially-explicit model for rates of response of forest communities to projected climate change,



GEF Focal Area –biodiversity

Proposed GEF Agency – FAO


Identification of potential wildlife corridors which can make significant contribution to maintaining biodiversity in habitat fragments in urban/agricultural;

Development of policy and administrative mechanisms to protect important wildlife corridors;

Provision of means to reduce ecosystem decay and demographic stochasticity for globally threatened species in habitat fragments


Identification through remote sensing and GIS modeling critical wildlife corridors;

Development of administrative and policy mechanisms to ensure protection of corridors identified as important on the landscape;

Development of training tools for use by Forestry Department, NGOs and CBOs



GEF Focal Area –biodiversity /IW



Identification of a priority list of marine areas within Trinidad and Tobago’s national jurisdiction for designation as protected areas;

Development of an estimate of ideal spatial extent of the marine protected areas system;

Develop a national consensus on the identification and designation of MPAs


Identification of candidate sites for MPA status through remote sensing and GIS modeling;

Conduct focus group consultations to determine degree of support for designation of candidate MPAs;

Capacity building within management agencies;


national gef priorities and project ideas – trinidad and tobago

Documents

impact of climate change

climate changemapping

national costbenefit

project evaluationgef

acceptance of renewable

state agencies

acceptance of use

use of renewables