Trinidad and Tobago is one step closer to achieving climate change resilience through a partnership with the Ministry of Planning and Development via the Green Fund and IAMovement, which has now received support to take green infrastructure solutions to the national level through a project entitled “ME-WE-GREEN: An Education & Empowerment Programme for Climate Change Adaptation”.

“ME-WE-GREEN is a first of its kind initiative within the western hemisphere to support and promote the implementation of vetiver grass and the Vetiver System (VS) at the national level. As such, this programme will increase climate resilience throughout Trinidad and Tobago utilizing the Vetiver System, which refers to the best practices method of utilizing the Vetiver grass as a green infrastructure tool to address soil and water challenges,” says Jonathan Barcant, Managing Director-IAMovement and Project Manager-ME-WE-GREEN.

Planning and Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis states that as much as having the prestige of leading this kind of climate change adaptation activity in our hemisphere is heartening, the true inspiration comes from the participation of Trinidad and Tobago’s communities and NGOs such as IAMovement in national development, especially in critical matters related to our environment such as climate change and biodiversity loss. The Minister added that the Ministry of Planning and Development is proud to support communities, citizens and groups working towards making Trinidad and Tobago a better society. The Green Fund is proud to support this project.