Event: Keeping History Above Water: Trinidad and Tobago

Date: March 20-22, 2023

Event Details:

Keeping History Above Water: Trinidad and Tobago was the first Keeping History Above Water event hosted outside of the United States. Hosted by the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago and Resilient Heritage T&T project partners, the conference aimed to build on the successful series begun by the Newport Restoration Foundation in 2016. The conference was hosted in Port of Spain, the historic capital city of Trinidad and Tobago.

Conference presenters included cultural heritage specialists, government officials, adaptation professionals, planners, and international experts on climate change who examined the impacts and shared best practices regarding climate change and sea level rise in the Caribbean and beyond.