Business View Caribbean | Volume 8, Issue 9

19 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 8, ISSUE 9 we do our part as a responsible member of the global community. The Minister adds that climate change and the environment have always been a priority on the Government’s agenda. It is a key part of Trinidad and Tobago’s National Development Strategy: Vision 2030, Theme 5, ‘Placing the Environment at the centre of Social and Economic Development’. Our commitment to the global Sustainable Development Goals is focused on SDG 13, Climate Action; SDG 14, Life below Water and SDG 15, Life on Land; SDG12, Responsible Consumption and Production and more, through a number of integrated projects and programmes. The Government has committed to a reduction in cumulative greenhouse gas emissions in the main emitting sectors (industry, power generation and transportation) by 15% from a business as usual baseline by December 31, 2030. Work has been ongoing in this area. However, she acknowledged that more has to be done, and Trinidad and Tobago is updating its commitments to the Paris Agreement, called the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) in keeping with the requirements of the Paris Agreement, with a view to increasing ambition. Trinidad and Tobago hopes to submit the updated NDC to the UN by the Twenty Sixth T&T’s National Development Strategy, Vision 2030, places the environment at the centre of social and economic development. T&T is working to reduce emissions in the industry, power generation and transportation sectors.