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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.
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.
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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...
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.
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.

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

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

$829.3 Million Project to Boost Climate Change Fight
Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), exchanges warm greetings with World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica, Galina Sotirova, just before Friday’s (October 2) $810.2 million (US$6.8 million) grant signing ceremony for the ‘Improving Climate Data and Information Management Project,’ at the Ministry’s offices, National Heroes Circle, Kingston.
Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips (left), exchanges warm greetings with World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica, Galina Sotirova, just before Friday’s (October 2) $810.2 million (US$6.8 million) grant signing ceremony for the ‘Improving Climate Data and Information Management Project,’ at the Ministry’s offices, National Heroes Circle, Kingston.

Gov’t Secures $810.2 Million World Bank Grant for Climate Change Project

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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...
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Gov’t Launches Phase Two of Climate Resilience Project

The Government will continue work to strengthen the country’s resistance against the impacts of climate change, under the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR II). Phase two of the programme, the Improving Climate Data and Information Management Project (ICDIMP), was launched on Wednesday (January 27) by Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, at the Terra Nova Hotel...
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Experts to Undertake Case Studies on Climate Change Vulnerability

Local experts are to undertake a series of 15 case studies, to assess the country’s level of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, and recommend measures to lessen the risks identified. Contracts for the undertaking were signed by four consultants, along with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Alwin Hales, during a ceremony...
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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Alwin Hales (left), is about to affix his signature to copies of contracts which will see four local experts conducting an assessment exercise on the country’s vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. Overseeing the process (at second left) is Project Administrator, Third National Communication, Clifford Mahlung. The consultants, who will be carrying out a total of 15 case studies, are (from third left): Physicist and Climatologist, Professor Anthony Chen; Executive Chairman and Principal Consultant, Conrad Douglas and Associates Limited, Dr. Conrad Douglas; and Director, Climate Studies Group, University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Michael Taylor. Lead Consultant, Third National Communication, Dr. Donovan Campbell, is the other consultant. The contracts were signed during a ceremony at the New Kingston offices of the Ministry on July 16. The studies are to be carried out as part of the Government’s ongoing work in preparing Jamaica’s Third National Communication and First Biennial Update Report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), to which the country is party.
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Experts to Undertake Case Studies on Climate Change Vulnerability

Local experts are to undertake a series of 15 case studies, to assess the country’s level of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, and recommend measures to lessen the risks identified. Contracts for the undertaking were signed by four consultants, along with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Alwin Hales, during a ceremony...
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Deputy Director General at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in charge of Sustainable Development and Social Planning, Claire Bernard, provides an update on the Government of Jamaica Adaptation Fund Programme (GOJ/AFP) at a JIS Think Tank on April 2, 2015.
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Adaptation Fund Programme Building Climate Change Resilience

The Government of Jamaica/Adaptation Fund Programme (GOJ/AFP), implemented in 2013, is significantly helping to build the country’s resilience to climate change. Deputy Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in charge of Sustainable Development and Social Planning, Claire Bernard, says the programme, funded to the tune of US$10 million, has been pivotal in “helping local communities and institutions...
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Jamaica Taking Advantage of Climate Change Research

Jamaica is taking advantage of critical environmental and atmospheric information and research in order to strengthen the country’s capacity to mitigate the effects of hazards associated with climate change. Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, said with Jamaica listed as having the second highest economic risk to hazards, the country’s preparedness and action “must be...
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Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), plants an East Indian mango tree during the launch of the SCJ Holdings Limited's ‘Navel String' tree planting project in February on the grounds of the National Water Commission’s (NWC) Innswood Artificial Groundwater Recharge facility in St. Catherine. Observing (from left) are: Agriculture, Labour, and Social Security Minister, Hon. Derrick Kellier; Chief Executive Officer, SCJ Holdings Limited, John Gayle; and Chief Executive Officer, Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Marilyn Headley.
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Navel String Project Engaging Jamaicans in Protecting the Environment

SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH) is anticipating positive and favourable public response, particularly from young people, to its national ‘Navel String’ project, which targets the cultivation of one million trees islandwide, over the next four years. This optimism stems from what the company’s Chief Executive Officer, John Gayle, says is a growing appreciation by Jamaicans of the importance of trees in...
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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), is conversing with United Nations Resident Coordinator, Dr. Arun Kashyap, during a workshop for the 3rd National Communication and Biennial Update Report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), held on Tuesday, October 14, at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.
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Minister Pickersgill Stresses Importance of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has underscored the need to intensify climate change adaptation and mitigation, in order to reduce its most devastating impacts on the society. “The science behind climate change is unquestionable. Given the number of records that have being broken every year for temperature, rainfall, drought, and tropical cyclones in many...
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