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National Coordinator for the Japan Caribbean Climate Change Partnership, Ayesha Constable (centre), interacting with Green Pond High School students, Shymel Hylton (left), and Andre Harriott, at the Post Conference of Parties (COP) Youth Consultation on Climate Change, held at the Wexford Hotel, in Montego Bay, St. James, on March 29.
National Coordinator for the Japan Caribbean Climate Change Partnership, Ayesha Constable (centre), interacting with Green Pond High School students, Shymel Hylton (left), and Andre Harriott, at the Post Conference of Parties (COP) Youth Consultation on Climate Change, held at the Wexford Hotel, in Montego Bay, St. James, on March 29.

Schools Encouraged to Partner in Projects to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Principal Director in the Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth & Job Creation,  UnaMay Gordon, has called on educational institutions to partner on climate change sensitisation initiatives in western Jamaica, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. Addressing a Post...
Minister of Industry, Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), engages with Director, Environmental and Engineering Managers Limited, Ianthe Smith (centre); and Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Hopeton Heron, at the launch of Jamaican Stanadrad (JS) ISO 14005:2017 – Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Guidelines, at the BSJ’s Winchester Road offices on March 27.
Minister of Industry, Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), engages with Director, Environmental and Engineering Managers Limited, Ianthe Smith (centre); and Executive Director, Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Hopeton Heron, at the launch of Jamaican Stanadrad (JS) ISO 14005:2017 – Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Guidelines, at the BSJ’s Winchester Road offices on March 27.

BSJ Launches Environmental Management Systems Standard
Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Peter Brady (right), with Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (centre); and Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Kitack Lim; at the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region, held recently at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.
Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Peter Brady (right), with Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (centre); and Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Kitack Lim; at the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region, held recently at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.

Maritime Authority to Push for Blue Economy Legislation
Senator Matthew Samuda (left) in dialogue with environmental activist and Chief Executive Officer of Environmental Solutions Limited, Eleanor Jones (right), at the Youth Climate Action Expo, held at Campion College in Kingston on March 16. Also involved are Founder and Director of the Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council, Eleanor Terrelonge; and Chief Executive Officer of Solar Buzz Jamaica Ltd., Jason Robinson.
Senator Matthew Samuda (left) in dialogue with environmental activist and Chief Executive Officer of Environmental Solutions Limited, Eleanor Jones (right), at the Youth Climate Action Expo, held at Campion College in Kingston on March 16. Also involved are Founder and Director of the Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council, Eleanor Terrelonge; and Chief Executive Officer of Solar Buzz Jamaica Ltd., Jason Robinson.

Plans Far Advanced to Remove 1.5 Million Tyres from Riverton Landfill
Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (left); and Director of the Environmental and Conservation Division at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie (right), look on as Government Senator, Matthew Samuda (second left), examines one of the reusable shopping bags being provided by the Institute for public distribution. Programme Director, Vision 2030 Jamaica, Elizabeth Emanuel, highlights the features. The first 500 of 2,000 bags were presented to Senator Samuda during a ceremony at the PIOJ’s Oxford Road offices in St. Andrew on Monday (March 4).
Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry (left); and Director of the Environmental and Conservation Division at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie (right), look on as Government Senator, Matthew Samuda (second left), examines one of the reusable shopping bags being provided by the Institute for public distribution. Programme Director, Vision 2030 Jamaica, Elizabeth Emanuel, highlights the features. The first 500 of 2,000 bags were presented to Senator Samuda during a ceremony at the PIOJ’s Oxford Road offices in St. Andrew on Monday (March 4).

PIOJ to Provide More than 2,000 Reusable Shopping Bags

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Stakeholders in attendance at the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region on Wednesday (February 27), at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

CDB Looking at Blue Economy Satellite Accounts for Member Countries

Director of Economics at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Justin Ram, says the organisation is considering the establishment of blue economy satellite accounts for borrowing countries. The initiative will enable member States to measure the direct contribution of the blue economy to national development. This will provide for more timely, valuable and accurate data for strategic planning and decision-making....
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Vice President of Global Affairs and Executive Director of the Centre for Blue Economy and Innovation at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), Ambassador Joachim Schmillen, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.
EducationEnvironmentJIS Think Tank

CMU Reports Positive Results from Jambin Trials

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is reporting positive results from the trials of the prototype of its ocean-cleaning device dubbed ‘Jambin’. An innovation out of the CMU’s recently established Centre for Blue Economy and Innovation, the device is designed to collect debris from the sea. “It is a reinforced household bin; a floating device, which is attached to a dock...
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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (third from left, standing), with Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, Kitack Lim (second left, standing) and Caribbean Transportation Ministers at a High Level Symposium held at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James, on Wednesday, February 27.
EnvironmentTransportVision 2030

Gov’t Implementing Laws to Support Blue Economy

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Government is implementing legislative measures aimed at supporting a sustainable Blue Economy as a key driver of economic growth. He cited the recent passage of the Ballast Water Management Convention Act, aimed at preventing ships entering Jamaica’s waters from introducing foreign aquatic species and diseases into the marine environment; the...
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Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague (left), with Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, Kitack Lim (centre); and Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Peter Brady. Occasion was the High Level Symposium for Transport Ministers of the Caribbean Region on Wednesday (February 27), at the Iberostar Hotel in Rose Hall, St. James.
EnvironmentTransport

Gov’t Drafting Legislation to Address Marine Oil Pollution

Minister of Transport and Mining, Hon. Robert Montague, says the Government is currently drafting new legislation that will give Jamaica access to funding in the event of oil spillage at sea. “The Maritime Environmental Fund has over $200 million that Jamaica has signed on to but we haven’t passed the local legislation, so the Government is moving on the legislative...
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Budget 2019/2020Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

Allocation of $23 Million for Ecosystem Services

The Government has budgeted $23 million to support the development of a payment for ecosystems services (PES) scheme, which is expected to improve the provision of critical ecosystem services in the Hope and Yallahs River watersheds. This is outlined in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, tabled in the House of Representatives recently. The specific objectives of the programme include decreasing...
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Budget 2019/2020Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

$60.2 Million for Restoration of Negril Great Morass

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be spending $60.2 million in the new fiscal year on the restoration and enhanced management of the Negril Great Morass. The funds will be used to complete a knowledge, attitude practices, and behaviour survey; conclude hydrological assessment and land use survey; commence an ecological assessment; develop and implement a public education programme;...
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Budget 2019/2020Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEnvironment

$15 million for Green Climate Readiness Support Project

A total of $15.5 million has been allocated in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure to strengthen the capacity of Jamaica’s National Designated Authority (NDA), under the Green Climate Readiness Support Project. The money will go towards the establishment of an NDA Toolkit and completing the country programme strategy and regional scoping study. It will also be used to host a...
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