Environmental Management Authority (EMA)

Type Direct (National)
Date of accreditation 28 Oct 2025

Environmental Management Authority (EMA) serves as both the national environmental regulator and an implementing agency for environment-related projects on behalf of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. EMA’s mandate includes drafting and enforcing environmental legislation, promoting public awareness, preventing and mitigating pollution, and ensuring the sustainable management of the country’s natural resources.

EMA aims to balance environmental protection with human, ecological, and economic needs by providing a transparent framework for policy and development decision-making. It plays a key role in supporting Trinidad and Tobago’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) commitments under the Paris Agreement, including hosting and managing the National Transparency System to track and report on climate mitigation and adaptation progress.

Through partnership with the GCF, EMA seeks to mobilize financing to advance projects focused on ecosystems and ecosystem services, community livelihoods, health, food, and water security, with a particular focus on coastal resilience and renewable energy to support climate-resilient and sustainable development in Trinidad and Tobago.

Accreditation timeline

Accreditation date

28 Oct 2025

AMA execution date

Pending

AMA effectiveness date

Pending

Entity details

Size
- Micro
- Small
- Medium
- Large
Environmental and social risk category
- Category C
- Category B
- Category A
- Intermediation 3
- Intermediation 2
- Intermediation 1
Fiduciary standards
- Basic
- Project management
- Grant award
- On-lending/blending:
- Loan
- Equity
- Guarantee
- Blending

Contacts

Mr. Wayne Rajkumar

Primary

Managing Director (Ag.)
8 Elizabeth Street, St. Clair, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Phone 868-226-4362

Ms Anna Lisa Arlen-Benjamin

Secondary

Programme Manager

AArlen-Benjamin@ema.co.tt