The Executive Committee decided:
- To approve, in principle, stage I of the Kigali HFC implementation plan (KIP) for Trinidad and Tobago for the period 2023–2029 to reduce, by 2029, HFC consumption by 10 per cent of the country’s baseline, in the amount of US $1,177,695, plus agency support costs of US $82,439, for UNDP, as reflected in the schedule contained in annex LVIII to the present report;
- To note:
- That the Government of Trinidad and Tobago would establish its starting point for sustained aggregate reductions in HFC consumption on the basis of guidance provided by the Executive Committee;
- That, once the cost guidelines for HFC phase-down had been agreed by the Executive Committee, the reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligibility for funding would be determined in line with those guidelines;
- That the reductions from the country’s remaining HFC consumption eligible for funding referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii) above would be deducted from the starting point referred to in subparagraph (b)(i) above;
- To approve the first tranche of stage I of the KIP for Trinidad and Tobago, and the corresponding tranche implementation plan, in the amount of US $543,249, plus agency support costs of US $38,028, for UNDP; and
- To request the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, UNDP and the Secretariat to finalize the draft Agreement between the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and the Executive Committee for the reduction in consumption of HFCs, including the information contained in the annex referred to in subparagraph (a) above, and to submit it to a future meeting once the KIP Agreement template had been approved by the Executive Committee.