Earth Day 2020

Earth Day is April 22 of every year and on April 22, 2020 we will mark 50 years of Earth Day

The theme for Earth Day 2020 is climate action. The enormous challenge — but also the vast opportunities — of action on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary. Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable.

The first Earth Day in 1970 is credited with launching the modern environmental movement, and is now recognized as the planet’s largest civic event.Earth Day continues to hold major international significance: In 2016, the United Nations chose Earth Day as the day when the historic Paris Agreement on climate change was signed into force. Climate change and global warming, species extinction and biodiversity loss, poor waste management leading to pollution of the air, land and water are some of the issues affecting every living creature on planet Earth. 

Earth day is the day designated to remembering the beauty and majesty of this planet, but it is also a call to arms. Everyday we are faced with choices that affect the world beyond our view with repercussions that extend far beyond our life spans. This earth day and everyday after help work towards a healthier planet Earth in small and big ways. Recycle, reuse and reduce because our waste stays here with us, consume less energy and don't waste water. Say goodbye to one use plastics and find the alternatives that work for you, because it is out there. 

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What can I do for Earth Day?

For more information on what you can do to have save our planet visit https://www.earthday.org

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation 

Request for Proposal
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The UNIDO-United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, is requesting proposals for the provision of services captioned in the image.

NEW Deadline date is May 26 2020, 4:00pm Vienna CET.

For further details visit the website of the BCRC-Caribbean at www.bcrc-caribbean.org. 

This forms part of the GEF #5558 Regional Project, "Development and Inplementation of a Sustainable Management Mechanism for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Caribbean".

Persistent Organic Pollutants Communications Toolkit

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are a group of highly mobile and toxic chemicals, but their universal nature and harmful health effects are generally unknown to the wider public. To this end, a Communications Strategy is being developed to raise awareness on these deleterious chemicals. This forms part of an eight (8) country regional project entitled, "Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Management Mechanism for POPs in the Caribbean".

Group photograph of key stakeholders and representatives from POP's affiliated sectors

Trinidad and Tobago as one of the project countries held a consultation on October 31, 2019 at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business to gain preliminary feedback on some of the communications materials developed from key stakeholders in POPs affiliated sectors. Based on the useful input provided, this, along with the feedback from the other seven (7) project countries is being used to refine the resources to ensure they meet the objectives.

As part of the implementation process the Trinidad and Tobago National Project Working Committee (PWC), which is chaired by the Ministry of Planning and Development, decided to conduct a national Household Chemicals and Waste Survey. This survey was aimed at gauging the general level of awareness about POPs, and was used as a baseline for comparisons post strategy implementation. There were a total of 1,172 respondents nationwide during the survey period January 7, 2020 to February 21, 2020. The statistics are being used to formulate the best strategy for dissemination of the suite of communications products, as the PWC seeks to ensure the public is well informed on how to 'Stop the POPs'!

Photograph of participants during a consultation meeting.