The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) recently hosted its Fourth Quarterly/End-of-Year Meeting, where the Senior Environmental Analysis and Coordination Manager, WayneRajkumar, addressed Environmental Officers (EOs) from various government ministries andagencies. He indicated that in 2025 the EMA will be making some strategic intervention andreengineering of the EO programme that will allow...
Presentation prepared by Mr. Wayne Rajkumar after his participation at COP29, held at Baku, Azerbaijan from November 6th - 22nd 2024. Theme: Accelerating Global Climate Action "Finance COP", "Moving Ambition to Action" Click Here for Presentation Slides
The National Sea Turtle Task Force (NSTTF), in collaboration with the EnvironmentalManagement Authority (EMA), successfully hosted a workshop focused on enhancing thecapabilities of agencies responsible for monitoring and enforcing sea turtle conservation laws in Trinidad and Tobago. The event, which was held at the EMA’s North office on 8 Elizabeth...
"Please be advised that Cabinet at its meeting on November 7, 2024 agreed that, in accordance with the Environmental Management Authority Act, Chap. 35:05, the 2023 Annual Report of the Environmental Management Authority be laid in Parliament." Read More
"With more than 700 collection sites nationwide, the iCARE project, which promotes voluntary public participation in the recovery of beverage containers for recycling ... has collected over three million bags." We share our article in the Who’s Who magazine 2024-2025 edition titled Green Dreams: EMA’s vision for Trinidad and Tobago...
As part of the “European Union-Caribbean Cooperation Facility” (EU-CCF) Project, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) recently concluded a training initiative to enhance its capacity for environmental and social impact assessments, specifically in executing renewable (solar and wind) energy projects.The EU-CCF Project, administered by the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration...
The new Customer Portal for all Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) applications and payments is now live and is available to all CEC applicants. Effective today, 1 October 2024, paper-based CEC applications are no longer accepted. This launch comes after the completion of a successful pilot project together with the...
As the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) endeavours to improve its ease of doing business, the digital transformation of its front-facing and back-end systems is critical. With this in mind, the EMA, together with the Trinidad and Tobago International Financial Centre (TTIFC) and the Emerging Services and Innovation (ES&I) Division, embarked...
CHAIRMAN of the Environmental Management Authority Nadra Nathai-Gyan is calling on people to “wake up” to the issues facing the Caribbean and Latin America resulting from climate change.She made the call as the EMA launched Trinidad and Tobago’s National Transparency System (NTS), which aims to track the progress of the...
NADRA Nathai-Gyan has been appointed the chairman of the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) for a fifth consecutive term.President Christine Kangaloo, ORTT, in accordance with Section 6(9) of the Environmental Management Act, Chap 35:05, appointed the EMA's board for a period of two years, effective July 11. Click Here for Full...