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Trinidad and Tobago along with 18 other CARICOM countries participated in the 88
th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED)- Energy. This meeting took place via video conference on Thursday 28th January 2021. Led by Mrs. Penelope Bradshaw-Niles, Permanent Secretary (Ag) of the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, the Trinidad and Tobago delegation continued talks with other CARICOM countries on charting the energy transition and thrust towards renewable energy within the region.
Discussions focused on pertinent energy issues to CARICOM Member States including: the current state of sustainable energy development; the need to mobilize capital towards the transformation of the energy markets; and the imperative for greater energy resilience in countering the sustained effects of natural disasters and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.