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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses stakeholders during the opening ceremony of the fourth Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) Ministerial Meeting, which was held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Thursday (February 27).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses stakeholders during the opening ceremony of the fourth Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) Ministerial Meeting, which was held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Thursday (February 27).

Gov’t Taking Disaster Resilience Seriously – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is taking seriously its responsibility to build the country’s resilience against disasters. He said focus is being placed on the implementation of mechanisms and measures for disaster-risk reduction and strategic...
External Relations Officer at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, Saskia Carusi.
External Relations Officer at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, Saskia Carusi.

Youth Invited To Participate In Regional Platform Contests
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses a press conference on drought mitigation, at Jamaica House, on February 6.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses a press conference on drought mitigation, at Jamaica House, on February 6.

Measures Being Implemented To Manage Drought
Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Vice President, Mariame McIntosh, addresses journalists during Thursday’s (January 9) launch of the PSOJ’s 2020-2022 Strategy, at the organisation’s head office in Kingston.
Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) Vice President, Mariame McIntosh, addresses journalists during Thursday’s (January 9) launch of the PSOJ’s 2020-2022 Strategy, at the organisation’s head office in Kingston.

PSOJ Supports Gov’t’s Tree-Planting Project
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), in discussion with Director and Founder of the Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council, Eleanor Terrelonge, during the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Guild Climate Action Conference 2019 Project Plan, held at the university’s St. Andrew campus, on November 29. The forum was hosted by the UWI Mona Guild External Affairs Committee.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), in discussion with Director and Founder of the Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council, Eleanor Terrelonge, during the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Guild Climate Action Conference 2019 Project Plan, held at the university’s St. Andrew campus, on November 29. The forum was hosted by the UWI Mona Guild External Affairs Committee.

Youth Engagement Vital To Climate Change Action – Senator Charles Jr.

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Budget 2020/2021Climate Change

Climate Change Resilience Project Gets $346 Million

The Government has set aside $346 million for its climate-change resilience and action plan activities as outlined in the 2020/2021 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The objective of the project, which commenced in 2015, dubbed ‘Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience 11 (PPCRII) – Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism’, is to implement climate-change awareness and training initiatives,...
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Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson, addressing a climate change colloquium at the Knockalva Polytechnic College in Hanover on Thursday, October 31.
Climate Change

Work Progressing on Bush Fire Index

Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Office), Evan Thompson, says the index being developed by the agency to predict bush fires should be ready within the next few months. “We are working on it,” he said, noting that the index will determine the areas where bush fires are likely to occur, so that the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) and other relevant stakeholders...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (5th right), and Fontana Pharmacy
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Gov’t Earmarking Percentage of Debt Savings to Contingencies Fund

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says a percentage of savings from Jamaica’s debt reduction programme will be transferred to the Contingencies Fund, to bolster the country’s response to natural disasters. “In the new era of being fiscally resilient, whatever we save from the reduction in debt repayments, we are putting some aside to deal with catastrophic disasters that...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), is presented with a gift basket by student of Clarendon-based Richmond Park Primary School, Mackebah Garrick. Occasion was an information-sharing and closing forum for the Jamaica component of the Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership (JCCCP) Project, held at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday (September 4).
Climate ChangeEconomic Growth & Infrastructure Development

Jamaica’s Climate Resilience Strengthened Under $78-Million Project

Jamaica’s capacity to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change has been strengthened over the last three years, through three community-based pilot programmes that were implemented at a cost of approximately $78 million under the Japan-Caribbean Climate Change Partnership Project (JCCCP). The programmes, which focused on the areas of sustainable agriculture, water resource management, renewable energy and energy...
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Climate ChangeEnvironmentVision 2030

Gov’t Driving Climate Change Policy

Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Douglas Saunders, says that work is ongoing in the implementation of the Climate Change Policy Framework and Action Plan. The policy seeks to provide a strategic and integrated approach to addressing the challenges and opportunities created by climate change while honouring the country’s commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and related instruments....
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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), presents Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Michael Taylor, with a plaque in appreciation of his work on the Special Report prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Professor Taylor is the Lead author of the report, which highlights the impact of an increase of the average earth’s surface temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius above industrial levels. The presentation was made during a national consultation held in preparation for the 24th session of the Conference of Parties (Pre-COP 24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), at the UWI Regional Headquarters on Wednesday (November 21).
Climate ChangeEconomic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Government Remains Resolute to Make Country Climate Resilient – Vaz

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Government remains resolute in its drive to make Jamaica climate resilient, so that the gains made in achieving growth are not eroded. “We cannot, and must not allow the effects of climate change to derail all that we are working for – sustainable...
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