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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; 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
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