We are also involved in monitoring a number of other initiatives across the sub-region.

• Montreal Protocol Terminal Phase-out Management Plan (TPMP)

The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was adopted on 16 September 1987. It arose as a follow up to the Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer of 1985 which established mechanisms for international cooperation in research and systematic observations into the effects of ozone-depleting chemicals (ODCs); legal, technical, and scientific fields; and information exchange. The Protocol mandates control measures to restrict and eventually eliminate the production of a variety of ODCs such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), halons, methyl bromide, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane.

By the end of the TPMPs the result will be complete elimination of CFCs from the islands. The project combines training, technical support, monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems, and policy and management support to achieve this.

 

• Integrated Watershed and Coastal Areas Management (IWCAM)

This 5-year project involves 13 SIDS in the Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. UNDP is an Implementing Agency alongside the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Executing Agencies include the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI), the Secretariat of the Cartagena Convention, and the United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS).

The objective is to strengthen the commitment and capacity of participating countries to implement an integrated approach to the management of coastal areas and watersheds. In the long term it is anticipated that these efforts will better enable countries to sustainably manage their aquatic resources and ecosystems.

Specifically, the project focuses on the areas of diminishing freshwater supplies, inappropriate land use, degraded freshwater and coastal water quality, and hygiene and sanitation. 

Related Links

Archived News Articles and Press Releases Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) Caribbean Energy Information System (CEIS) Caribbean Information Platform on Renewable Energy (CIPORE) GEF Small Grants Programme Global Environment Facility (GEF)