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Dr. Howard NelsonBiodiversity SpecialistMinistry of Planning, Housing and the EnvironmentTrinidad and Tobago
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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;
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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;
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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;
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Current status - draft project document
GEF Focal Area – Climate Change
Proposed GEF Agency – UNEP
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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;
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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
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Current status - draft project document
GEF Focal Area – Climate Change
Proposed GEF Agency – UNDP
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Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits & National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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;
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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;
GEF Costs, co-financing, etc Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
GEF Focal Area – Climate Change
Proposed GEF Agency – UNDP
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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
GEF Costs, co-financing, etc Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
GEF Focal Area – Climate Change
Proposed GEF Agency – UNDP
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Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits & National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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;
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Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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 Costs, co-financing, etc Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
GEF Focal Area – Climate Change/Biodiversity/Cross-cutting
Proposed GEF Agency – UNEP
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Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits & National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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;
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Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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;
GEF Costs, co-financing, etc Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
GEF Focal Area – Climate Change
Proposed GEF Agency – UNDP
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Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits & National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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;
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Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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;
GEF Costs, co-financing, etc Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
GEF Focal Area – Climate Change
Proposed GEF Agency – UNEP
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Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits & National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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;
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Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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 Costs, co-financing, etc Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
GEF Focal Area – Climate Change/biodiversity/ cross-cutting
Proposed GEF Agency – UNEP
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Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits & National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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
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Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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 Costs, co-financing, etc Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
GEF Focal Area –biodiversity
Proposed GEF Agency – FAO
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Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits & National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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
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Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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 Costs, co-financing, etc Not determined
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Current status - draft project document
GEF Focal Area –biodiversity /IW
Proposed GEF Agency – UNEP
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Major outcomes (Global Environmental Benefits & National Sustainable Development Benefits)
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
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Main Project activities and link to national strategies
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;
GEF Costs, co-financing, etc Not determined