The Energy Minister says that the energy transition to wind and solar power ' what he called "these nice sunny concepts" are in his view "being pushed on" smaller nations like Trinidad and Tobago "by the rich developing countries."

This, as the president of one state-owned energy company says the global transition from oil and natural gas could cost four trillion dollars a year.

Our Political Editor Juhel Browne has the details from the 2023 Caribbean Sustainable Energy Conference.