"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...
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Development (MPD), successfully hosted the Project Results Conference and launched the National Transparency System (NTS) for the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) project. This pivotal event marked the culmination of the project titled “Strengthening Trinidad and...
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) was established by Act of Parliament in March 1995. This Act was later repealed and re-enacted as the Environmental Management Act (EM Act), Chapter 35:05 of 2000 with majority approval of the Parliament. The EMA welcomes the Prime Minister’s statement that after three decades, amendments...
“Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration.” Under this slogan, this year’s World Environment Day (WED) campaign focused on land restoration, desertification and drought resilience, a call for the protection and revival of our global ecosystems.In recognition of the campaign, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) in collaboration with the Tobago...
On 8 May 2024, the Privy Council upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (COA) in the matter JCPC 2014/0013 Wild Goose Limited (Appellant) v Environmental Management Authority (EMA) of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent). After consideration of Wild Goose Limited’s application for...