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Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), listens to a point being made by National Consultant for a regional climate change resilience project, Una May Gordon (right), during the opening ceremony for a national workshop on the project, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, today (March 3). Also pictured is Consultant, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Jacinto Buenfil. The US$6 million project, dubbed ‘Building climate resilience of urban systems through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)’, seeks to increase the climate change resilience of vulnerable urban communities in three medium-sized LAC cities in Jamaica, Mexico and El Salvador.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), listens to a point being made by National Consultant for a regional climate change resilience project, Una May Gordon (right), during the opening ceremony for a national workshop on the project, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, today (March 3). Also pictured is Consultant, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Jacinto Buenfil. The US$6 million project, dubbed ‘Building climate resilience of urban systems through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)’, seeks to increase the climate change resilience of vulnerable urban communities in three medium-sized LAC cities in Jamaica, Mexico and El Salvador.

Jamaica to Benefit from Climate Change Resilience Project

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, March 4, 2015
Jamaica is one of three countries selected from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to benefit from a US$6 million regional climate change resilience project. It is proposed that the...
Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takase, speaking at the launch of the Hazards Handy Manual on February 25, at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) located on Haining Road in Kingston.

Jamaica to Benefit from US$15 Million Climate Change Grant

By: Rochelle Williams , February 27, 2015
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (centre), looks on as Barbados’ Minister of Environment, Water Resources, and Drainage, Dr. the Hon. Denis Lowe (2nd left), exchanges a ‘high five’ with Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNDP), Asad Naqvi (right). Occasion was the official opening of the second Caribbean Green Economy Conference, on February 23, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. Also sharing the moment are: St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Minister of Health, Wellness and the Environment, Hon. Clayton Burgin (2nd right); and Montserrat’s Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing, Environment and Trade, Hon. Claude Logan.

Gov’t Making Strides Towards Creating a Green Economy

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, February 24, 2015

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