Jamaica’s Resilience to Climate Change Being Strengthened with Allocation of $225 Million

The Government has allocated approximately $225 million to increase Jamaica’s resilience to climate change and reduce poverty through the implementation of an Integrated and Sustainable Landscape Management Methodology.

Details of the provision are contained in the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled recently in the House of Representatives by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

Anticipated targets for the upcoming fiscal year include the acquisition and installation of a smart buoy, completion of the watershed classification tool, completion of a pond catchment system in Trelawny and completion of the hydrological study of the Mason River Protected Area.

The Government also plans to complete the assessment study of sea grass beds in Ocho Rios, St. Ann and Hellshire in St. Catherine, execute five farmer field schools and construct fencing at Castleton Botanical Gardens in St. Mary, Mason River Protected Areas in St. Ann and Clarendon and Winns Morass in Trelawny.

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is the implementing agency for the Jamaican Path from Hills to Ocean Project, which commenced in November 2021 and will conclude in November 2028.

It is being jointly funded by the Government of Jamaica and the European Union.