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Profile: Kristin Qui (Climate Analytics Caribbean)

A significant increase in the number of extremely hot days. Far more frequent floods. Coastal erosion. Coral bleaching and die-off. For Trinidad and Tobago, the impacts of climate change are severe. “At the same time, we are unprepared for it in many respects,” says Kristin Qui, who lives in this Caribbean island state. “For example, our drainage systems collapse when flooding occurs.”

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A significant increase in the number of extremely hot days. Far more frequent floods. Coastal erosion. Coral bleaching and die-off. For Trinidad and Tobago, the impacts of climate change are severe. “At the same time, we are unprepared for it in many respects,” says Kristin Qui, who lives in this Caribbean island state. “For example, our drainage systems collapse when flooding occurs.”

Kristin Qui is involved in the international climate negotiations, where her work focuses mainly on supporting the Alliance of Small Island States. Key topics are the bases for carbon markets, as provided for under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, and international cooperation.

“There need to be clear rules determining how emissions reductions achieved by a climate project in one country should be credited towards another country’s climate targets.”

Countries of the Global South can benefit from locally implemented climate projects, says expert Kristin Qui, provided that projects go beyond zero-sum offsetting. “It is also important for project developers to understand the social and political reality in these countries – only then can a project make an effective contribution to sustainable development.”

Further information

Kristin Qui
Climate Analytics Caribbean
(Trinidad & Tobago)

Headquarters: Ritterstrasse 3, 10969 Berlin

Mail: kristin.qui@climateanalytics.org

Kristin Qui graduated summa cum laude in Environmental Studies from St. John’s University, New York and holds a Master’s in Environmental Management from Yale School of the Environment, with a focus on international climate policy and sustainable development. After completing her studies, she took up a Fellowship on Diversity in International Carbon Markets at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), later becoming a Project and Research Specialist here. A key aspect of her work at EDF was designing a programme to reduce and offset greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation.

Kristin Qui has been employed as a Climate Diplomacy Advisor with Climate Analytics since 2019. She is also involved in the international climate change negotiations, with a particular focus on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). In addition, she is currently working on the implementation of the Paris Agreement, specifically Article 6 (basis for new carbon markets), and was the 1st Chair of the Article 6.4 Mechanism Supervisory Body. Kristin Qui lives and works in Trinidad and Tobago.