This initial national communication of Trinidad and Tobago to the UNFCCC secretariat includes: national circumstances, national greenhouse gas inventory, statements on vulnerability and adaptation strategies, technology needs, and capacity building and research.

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a two-island state located at the southern-eastern end of the Caribbean archipelago (Figure 1.1). Trinidad and Tobago, classified as a non-Annex I country, signed the UNFCCC on the 11th June, 1992 and ratified the Convention on 24th June, 1994.