Environment & development · Developing · 2 min read · Published 4 Nov 2026 ·
CNC3 Reports US$4.85 Million Climate and Nature Project
By the Luk It Hyah newsdesk · Sources · Reporting disclaimer
The Short
A Global Environment Facility record lists a US$4.85 million grant for Trinidad and Tobago’s net-zero and nature-positive transition project. CNC3 reports an introductory workshop on 22 October and a four-year programme. Planned reforms and demonstration investments are not completed outcomes.
The Full Story
The Global Environment Facility’s record for project 11086 lists a US$4,854,128 grant and approval for implementation on 10 December 2024. It identifies the United Nations Environment Programme as implementing agency and the planning ministry and United Nations Development Programme as executing agencies. Approval and grant allocation are distinct from money spent or results achieved.
Sources: Global Environment Facility, TT Net-zero project 11086 ↗
CNC3’s report published on 4 November says the initiative was introduced at a workshop on 22 October at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre. It describes a four-year programme to develop a national net-zero and nature-positive strategy, an energy-transition roadmap and financing and investment strategies.
Sources: CNC3, 4 Nov, 10:16 a.m. Trinidad time ↗
The reported programme includes stronger climate and biodiversity data systems, assessments of social and economic effects, and coordination through technical working groups. It also envisages sustainable-mobility and energy-transition demonstration investments in Trinidad and a nature-positive ecotourism initiative in Tobago. These are proposed activities; the report does not establish completed investments, emissions reductions or new regulations already in force. The detailed project agreement and implementation timetable were not obtained in this review.
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