Strengthening Trinidad and Tobago's capacity in transparency for climate change mitigation and adaptation Strengthen Trinidad and Tobago's transparency systems to meet the requirements of the Enhanced Transparency Framework under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency. The project is aligned with GEF focal area CCM-3-8, i.e., “Foster enabling conditions for mainstreaming mitigation concerns into sustainable development strategies through capacity building initiative for transparency.”    The socio-economic benefits of this project are indirect and long term; as such, it is not possible to attribute clear causalities (either positive or negative) to the scope of work. However, assuming that the project achieves its stated aims then it will contribute - again indirectly - to investment in climate-focused projects in support of future NDC ambitions, which in turn will lead to technology transfer and job creation in priority sectors. Assuming this transition to sustainable production and consumption is based on models of equitable and gender-sensitive development, this will result in strong socio-economic benefits, in line with the ambition of the national Vision 2030.     The improved Knowledge Management System, with all four sub-system operational, will improve Trinidad and Tobago's knowledge of its own efforts to curb emissions and build resilience. Moreover, as the system is developed, its linkages with other environmental data will also be analysed, established and / or improved. Crucially, its relationship to the transparency system for the National Development Strategy, Vision 2030 and the progress on the SDGs, will prove to be a powerful tool to track and evaluate policies. These strengthened systems will enable Trinidad and Tobago to better track and manage its resources. Thus, it will allow for interventions to be planned, executed and evaluated quicker. The better knowledge around adaptation, and the M&amp;E sub-system established for agriculture, water resources and health, will serve to provide information about climate change impacts on these sectors. For agriculture, for example, this can mean better evidence on increasing droughts that could help farmers make informed decisions about irrigation practices and enable the government to prioritise sector resources toward drought management programmes for those affected.     Trinidad and Tobago's planned climate actions will require public intervention in the form of investments. With better climate data systems, Trinidad and Tobago will be able to better track and evaluate the impact of the policies, introducing adjustments to achieve better outcomes. This increased efficiency can free up resources for other public investments and interventions, which in turn could benefit Trinidad and Tobago socio-economically. For example, based on the calculations under the mitigation MRV sub-system, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago will have the ability to quantify the impacts of NAMAs -not only in terms of GHG, but also in relation to the creation of jobs, the reduction of energy costs and the need for subsidies-, thus leaving the country in a better position to manage and steer its progress. Thus, this aspect of the system is expected to increase political buy-in for climate policy.     Another important benefit lays on the linkage with the national planning processes. The wide array of data compiled throughout the National Transparency System’s different sub-modules will provide a solid basis for informed national policymaking on climate and other related matters, an element that will be fully developed as part of Output 3. A virtuous cycle is expected to result from the combination of coherent data that improves the consistency of climate projections and business-as-usual scenarios and leads to the further refinement of the country’s NDCs.