Establishment of Jamaica’s seven Refrigerant Recovery, Recycling and Reclamation (RRR&R) Centres is being positioned as a major opportunity to generate economic value, reduce harmful emissions and strengthen the country’s transition to sustainable cooling solutions. This was highlighted by International Montreal Protocol Specialist, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Agustin Sanchez Guevara, during a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’. Mr. Guevara noted that...

The Government will be moving to close the sewage disposal facility in Greenwich Farm, Kingston, which has long been a source of concern for residents. This was disclosed by Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Matthew Samuda, during his contribution to the 2026/27 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (April 28). He noted that the...

Jamaica is making significant strides in protecting the ozone layer and combatting climate change, achieving a 96 per cent phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and fully eliminating chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Speaking on refrigerant recovery and recycling initiatives at a JIS Think Tank on April 21, Manager of the National Ozone Unit and National Ozone Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency...

A major reforestation push, aimed at restoring hurricane-impacted landscapes and strengthening climate resilience, is being intensified under the national Reforestation, Ecological Enhancement and Landscape Framework (RE-LEAF) Programme, with approximately 300,000 seedlings targeted for planting this year. The initiative, led by the Forestry Department in partnership with the Sandals Foundation, was advanced through a tree planting exercise at the Bogue II...

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, has indicated that the establishment of greenhouses or sheltered infrastructure at scale is one of the outcomes that will be pursued under the US$50-million Project ADAPT. JSIF is the main implementing agency for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) project, which aims to enhance climate resilience of vulnerable farmers and...

Approximately 700,000 farmers across six central parishes are set to benefit from a US$50-million Green Climate Fund (GCF) project, which aims to enhance climate resilience of vulnerable farmers over the next five years. The project, titled ‘ADAPT Jamaica: Enhancing climate change resilience of vulnerable smallholders in Central Jamaica’, was approved on Friday (March 27). It represents the first ever single-country...

In another three months, the Government will go to market for the divestment of the Soapberry Wastewater Treatment Plant in St. Catherine, says Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Matthew Samuda. The aim is to double the plant’s 75,000 cubic metres per day capacity to 150,000 cubic metres per day to manage increased wastewater flows from the Kingston...