UWI and British High Commission launch Trinidad and Tobago carbon pricing assessment report

The University of the West Indies and the British High Commission have released the Assessment of National Carbon Pricing Policies in Trinidad and Tobago. The report is meant to help the country build its own domestic carbon price instead of staying exposed to carbon border adjustments from the EU and UK. Researchers point to legal and technical gaps, including current laws that do not regulate greenhouse gases, land laws without carbon rights, and petroleum laws that do not cover underground carbon storage. The report also identifies a lack of coordination among key government agencies, including the ministries of Planning, Energy, and Finance. It proposes naming a designated national authority, with the Ministry of Planning as a possible lead, to manage CBAM-related work and data collection. The launch event included discussion on how T&T can use external climate policies as a push to develop its own framework rather than react to them.