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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaking in the House of Representatives on (February 10) after tabling the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, speaking in the House of Representatives on (February 10) after tabling the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure.

$433.3 Million Set Aside For Climate Resilience Project

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service will continue work under the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) Phase II during the new financial year, through a $433.3-million budgetary allocation. This is contained in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure,...
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the milestone ceremony of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) for the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) on Thursday (Dec. 9), at the Church of the Open Bible in May Pen, Clarendon. The AP&FM Project works to help Jamaica adjust more easily to climate change. It supports the integration of climate change issues into development planning by government agencies, and provides funds for climate change adaptation work in small and medium sized businesses as well as communities islandwide. It is being implemented with US$19.86 million in funding from the Climate Investment Fund through the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Government of Jamaica.
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addresses the milestone ceremony of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism (AP&FM) for the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR) on Thursday (Dec. 9), at the Church of the Open Bible in May Pen, Clarendon. The AP&FM Project works to help Jamaica adjust more easily to climate change. It supports the integration of climate change issues into development planning by government agencies, and provides funds for climate change adaptation work in small and medium sized businesses as well as communities islandwide. It is being implemented with US$19.86 million in funding from the Climate Investment Fund through the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Government of Jamaica.

Minister Charles Jr. addresses Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience ceremony
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on November 30.
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., speaking during the sitting of the House of Representatives on November 30.

MPs To Get $1 Million For Resilience Building
Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry.
Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Director General, Dr. Wayne Henry.

Risk Assessment Tool Developed Through CCRI Pilot
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness

PM Welcomes Support For SIDS To Address Climate Change

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Climate Change

UNDRR Helping Countries Integrate Health Into Disaster Risk-Reduction Strategies

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is working with member countries to help governments integrate health into their disaster risk-reduction strategies. Special Representative of the Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of UNDRR, Mami Mizutori, said that this is one of several engagements that the organisation has been undertaking since the onset of the coronavirus...
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The Hon. Andrew Holness, MP
Climate Change

Financial Commitments Must Be Kept For Climate Change Response

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says countries that have profited the most from carbon over decades, have a responsibility to make resources and technology available to others to adapt and transition to low carbon economies. “This was the basis of the 2009 $100 billion per year pledge, which still needs to be met if the developing world is...
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Principal Director of the Climate Change Division (CCD) in the Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, UnaMay Gordon.
Climate Change

Climate Change Ministry Hosts Virtual Forum Sept. 29

The Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change will be hosting its annual stakeholders’ forum towards preparation for the upcoming United Nations 26th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP26). This will be done in  partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). “The virtual event will be held on Wednesday, September 29, starting at 9 a.m....
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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left) greets Managing Director of Bundah and Sons Construction Ltd, André Bundah, at the contract signing ceremony for the Crooked River, Annotto Bay Hurricane Sandy Relocation Project, held at the Ministry’s headquarters in Kingston, today (September 24).
Climate ChangeEnvironment

Third Phase of Annotto Bay Relocation Project to Begin

The Crooked River, Annotto Bay Hurricane Sandy Relocation Project will move into its third phase of development, says Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. The scope of work entails the construction of a Storm Water Drainage System and the Subdivision access roadway, which is valued at $14,905,235. Mr. Charles Jr. made the announcement...
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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
Climate Change

Climate Change Ministry To Explore Carbon Market

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says that the Ministry will explore the possibility of Jamaica entering the carbon market.  Speaking in an interview with JIS News, he said that this will be done upon finalisation of the Paris Rulebook at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26). During the...
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