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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.

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...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (5th right), and Fontana Pharmacy's Chief Executive Officer, Ann Chang (4th right), cut the ribbon to officially open the pharmacy's Waterloo branch in St. Andrew on Thursday (October 17). Sharing in the moment (from left) are: former Opposition Senator and businesswoman Imani Duncan Price; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange; Jamaican sprinter, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce; Fontana’s Chief Operating Officer, Ray Thierren; and Archbishop Emeritus, Most Rev. Charles Dufour.

Gov’t Earmarking Percentage of Debt Savings to Contingencies Fund

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).

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

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).

Government Remains Resolute to Make Country Climate Resilient – Vaz

Automatic Weather Station being installed at a site for the Meteorological Service Division.

Installation of Real Time Automatic Weather Stations Begins Across the Island

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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....

8 years ago AgricultureClimate ChangeEconomic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentVision 2030

Farmers Urged to Embrace Climate Smart Technology

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, is urging local farmers to be more open to using new technology to increase productivity, while protecting the environment. He cited, for example, the benefits of aquaponics, a system of aquaculture in which the waste produced by farmed fish or other aquatic creatures supplies the...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Lt. Col. Oral Khan (centre), listens to a point being made by Principal Director of the Climate Change Division in the Ministry, Una May Gordon (right), during a climate change gender analysis forum at the Alhambra Inn in Kingston on September 12. The forum was organised by the Ministry in tandem with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Foundation for Social Democracy – FES) in Germany, and the South Centre in Switzerland. Others (from left) are Deputy Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Richard Thompson; gender activist and FES Consultant, Judith Wedderburn; and Senior Research Fellow, the South Centre, Mariama Williams.

8 years ago Climate ChangeEconomic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentVision 2030

Climate Change Impact on Genders to be Identified and Addressed

The Government has commenced work focusing on the extent to which climate change impacts genders and how these issues can be comprehensively addressed. This undertaking is being spearheaded by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, through the Climate Change Division (CCD), which is hosting stakeholder consultations in tandem with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Foundation for Social Democracy – FES) based...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, addresses the 14th Annual Conference of the Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR) at the Secrets Resorts in Montego Bay, on October 28.

9 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironmentOffice of the Prime MinisterTechnology

Utility Regulators Urged to Pay Close Attention to Impact of Climate Change

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is urging utility regulators to pay close attention to the effects of climate change on the Caribbean region, as they seek to draft regulations to mitigate its impact. Speaking at the 14th annual conference of the Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR) at the...

Finance and Public Service Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), exchanges agreements for the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) loan provision with World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica, Galina Sotirova, during Friday’s (July 1) signing at the Ministry in Kingston.

10 years ago Climate ChangeFinance & Public ServiceVision 2030

World Bank Provides $3.7B for Disaster and Climate Risk Management

The Government has received $3.79 billion (US$30 million) from the World Bank to further boost disaster and climate risk management in Jamaica. The loan will support the administration’s ongoing programme to reduce the incidence of environmental hazards over a six-year period under the Bank’s Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP). The DVRP, which will be implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment...

10 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironmentVision 2030

Climate Change a Priority – Baguena

Head of Cooperation of the European Union (EU) delegation to Jamaica, Jesus Baguena, says the EU Development Fund Programme and the Government of Jamaica have identified climate change and the environment as a priority sector for support. Mr. Baguena, who was addressing the launch of Jamaica’s Green Economy Scoping Study, at Devon House, on March 22, said the sector will...

Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Deputy Director General in charge of Sustainable Development and Social Planning, Claire Bernard (left), engages in discussion with Head of the Meteorological Service’s Weather Branch, Evan Thompson, during the launch of the Improving Climate Data and Information Management Project (ICDIMP) at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew.

10 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironmentVision 2030

$829.3 Million Project to Boost Climate Change Fight

Jamaica’s efforts to strengthen resilience against climate change are being assisted through implementation of the J$829.3 million (US$6.8 million) Improving Climate Data and Information Management Project (ICDIMP). The project, which comprises phase two of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR II), is being rolled out by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), with grant support from the World Bank...