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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke (right), tables the 2024/25 Estimates of Expenditure in the House of Representatives on February 15. At left is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang.

Jamaica’s Resilience to Climate Change Being Strengthened with Allocation of $225 Million

By: Judana Murphy, February 26, 2024

The Government has allocated approximately $225 million to increase Jamaica’s resilience to climate change and reduce poverty through the implementation of an Integrated and Sustainable Landscape Management Methodology. Details of...

The Essex Valley Irrigation Infrastructure Development Programme aims to boost agricultural production.

$1.9 Billion for Essex Valley Irrigation Programme

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, February 22, 2024

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, in discussion with British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Judith Slater, at the launch of the ‘Regional Climate Finance Programme: Small Island Developing States Capacity and Resilience (SIDAR) Programme for the Caribbean’, today (February 20), at the ROK Hotel in downtown Kingston.

Jamaica to Benefit From UK Investment in Climate Change Programmes in Caribbean

By: Garfield L. Angus, February 20, 2024

Climate Change 1 year ago Senator Samuda to Make Statement on Jamaica’s Participation in COP28
By: Judana Murphy, December 14, 2023
Climate Change 1 year ago Bartlett at COP 28, to Present Inaugural Global Tourism Resilience Awards
By: Ministry of Tourism, December 1, 2023
Climate Change 1 year ago Skills Upgrading Key in Maximising Potential Benefits of Climate Change Investments – Sen. Samuda
By: Judana Murphy, November 26, 2023

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), speaks to Dalvey resident, Angelie Howell (right) during a tour of flood-affected areas in St. Thomas today (November 19). Also pictured is Member of Parliament, St. Thomas Eastern, Dr. Michelle Charles.

1 year ago Climate ChangeEnvironmentHousing

Consider Environmental, Climate Change Issues When Choosing Place to Live – PM

Jamaicans are being implored to consider environmental and climate change issues when deciding where to build a house. Speaking during a tour of flood-affected sections of St. Andrew and St....

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, November 20, 2023

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (right), converses with Managing Director, AJAS Aviation Services Barry Bryne (left), and Quality Manager, Export Complex Montego Bay, Dalton Hastings, during the new FACE of food stakeholder engagement at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on Thursday (November 2).

1 year ago AgricultureClimate ChangeTechnology

Agriculture Ministry Looking to Boost Agro Park Surveillance with Technology Integration

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining is moving to increase the surveillance of agro parks through the introduction of technological aids, in a bid to heighten security. Portfolio Minister,...

By: Chris Patterson, November 3, 2023

Senior Manager, Spatial Planning Division at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Dwight Williams, speaking during a Jamaica Information Service ‘Think Tank’ on Wednesday (October 25).

1 year ago Climate ChangeEnvironmentLocal Government

Jamaica Celebrates World Town Planning Day on Nov. 8

World Town Planning Day 2023 will be celebrated in more than 30 countries, including Jamaica, on November 8 under the theme ‘Building Resilient Communities & Cities through Smart Solutions’. Speaking...

By: Sherika Hall, October 26, 2023

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

2 years ago Climate ChangeForeign Affairs

Major Multilateral Partner Support to Bolster Jamaica’s Climate Change Resilience

Jamaica’s ability to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change is to be bolstered through a major partnership with several international partners. The collaboration was announced during the...

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, October 13, 2023

Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Sen. the Hon. Matthew Samuda (foreground, second left) is joined by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith (foreground, third right), in planting a tree at the Excelsior High School in Kingston on Monday (September 25), as a part of Tourism Awareness Week 2023 activities. Looking on (in background, from left) are Executive Director of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) Wade Mars; President of the Excelsior Past Students Association, Evan Thompson; Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson; Deputy Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Peter Mullings; and upper-school students at Excelsior High.

2 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironment

Forestry Department Distributing Trees

The Forestry Department is distributing a variety of timber and ornamental seedlings in observance of National Tree Planting Day (NTPD), October 6. The distribution period, which started on September 25,...

By: Sherika Hall, October 3, 2023

A gloved hand braces itself to lift a refrigerator.

2 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironment

NEPA Looking to Establish Refrigerant Recovery and Recycling Centres

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is looking to establish refrigerant recovery and recycling centres in Jamaica. Refrigerants are substances used in mechanisms designed to maintain cold temperatures. These...

By: Rocheda Bartley, September 17, 2023

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Forestry Department and Conservator of Forests, Ainsley Henry.

2 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironment

2.7 Million Trees Already Planted Under National Initiative

A total of 2.7 million trees have already been planted under a national initiative targeting three million, the Forestry Department has reported. Speaking on Nationwide 90 FM’s ‘Ask the Minister’...

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, September 12, 2023

Climatologist at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), Cédric Van Meerbeeck, gives an outlook on the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane season during the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum, held recently at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston.

2 years ago Climate Change

PHOTOS: Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum

Climatologist at the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), Cédric Van Meerbeeck, gives an outlook on the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane season during the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Climate...

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Jamaica’s Resilience to Climate Change Being Strengthened with Allocation of $225 Million

$1.9 Billion for Essex Valley Irrigation Programme

Jamaica to Benefit From UK Investment in Climate Change Programmes in Caribbean

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Consider Environmental, Climate Change Issues When Choosing Place to Live – PM

Agriculture Ministry Looking to Boost Agro Park Surveillance with Technology Integration

Jamaica Celebrates World Town Planning Day on Nov. 8

Major Multilateral Partner Support to Bolster Jamaica’s Climate Change Resilience

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2.7 Million Trees Already Planted Under National Initiative

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