Presentation by Dr. Orville Grey (NAP Focal Point, Climate Change Division in Jamaica's Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation), which was given at the workshop "Jamaica’s National Adaptation Plan: Integrating Climate Change into National and Ministerial Budgets" in July 2017.

1. Climate Change
Adaptation
JAMAICA
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2. Importance of the National Adaptation
Planning process
 Building resilience to impacts of climate change is of highest priority
 Major threat to island’s overall development - key economic
sectors such as water, tourism, agriculture, fisheries and forestry are
highly dependent on natural resources and are climate sensitive
 Already seeing changes and impacts on our built and natural
environments from climate change
 Climate change likely to significantly alter quality and available
quantity of Jamaica’s natural resources,
 Imperative to adopt necessary policies and actions to ensure that
adaptation strategies are mainstreamed into economic and fiscal
management, development of country’s physical infrastructure,
land use and coastal zone planning and management
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3. Mainstreaming: Some Policies,
Guidelines, Development Orders etc.
 Vision 2030: Jamaica National Development Plan
 National Strategy for Climate Change Reduction, Adaptation,
and Disaster Risk Reduction,
 Resilience pillar of Growth Inducement Strategy
 Climate Change Policy Framework for Jamaica
 2015 Policy Guideline on Rainwater Harvesting
 Draft National Water Sector Adaptation Strategy
 Forest Policy Green Paper – 2015
 Parish and Local Area Development Orders
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4. National Adaptation Planning Process
 UNFCCC Obligation – To engage in a national
adaptation planning process
 Many options available:
 OECD - Policy Guidance on Integrating Climate Change
Adaptation
 UNFCCC – Guidance document on National Adaptation Plans
 National Communications – Guidance document on national
adaptation planning processes
 No One Size Fits All Approach!
 All have built in flexibility
 All promote a national adaptation planning process
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5. Our Approach to National Adaptation
Planning
 Sector integration of climate adaptation
 Based on key/priority sectors identified in the Second National
Communications on climate change.
 Jamaica’s long-term national development plan, Vision
2030,
 Strategic guide or roadmap to achieve national development.
 short- & medium-term priorities, policies and programmes
captured in Medium Term Socio-Economic Policy Framework,
 The Plan provides dynamism and flexibility,
 Framework for implementation facilitates consistent monitoring
and evaluation - changes reflected in planning process,
 Considerations integrated into priority sector-specific policies
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6. MTF 2015-2018 National Priorities
 National Goal #4: Jamaica has a Healthy Natural Environment
 National Outcome #14: Hazard Risk Reduction and Adaptation to
Climate Change
 National Strategy 14-3: Develop Measures to Adapt to Climate
Change
 Sector Strategies:
 Identify Strategic Priorities for Climate Change
 Adopt Best Practices for Climate Change Adaptation
 Promote Knowledge of Climate Change and Facilitate Knowledge Transfer
 National Strategy 14-4: Contribute to the Effort to Reduce the
Global Rate of Climate Change
 Participate in Developing Global Solutions to Climate Change
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7. Approach to National Adaptation
Planning cont.
 Climate Change Policy Framework,
 Mainstreaming CC into national policies and development planning
 Support research & data collection in CC
 Facilitate and coordinate national response to CC and Promote low
carbon development
 Improve communication of CC to decision-makers & the general
public
 Mobilise climate financing for adaptation and mitigation
 Special Initiatives based on new and existing programmes and
activities which will be prioritized for early implementation
 Climate change legislation???
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8. Update!

9. Sector Strategies & Action Plans
Twelve (12) sectors prioritised
Priorities taken primarily from Second National
Communications on Climate Change
Influenced by the State of the Jamaican
Climate Report

10. Sector Strategies & Action Plans
USAID Support
 Forestry
Strategy Completed – March 2017
Action Plan incl. Investment Portfolio – advanced
 Energy; Transport
Initial work started – current status “paused”
 Agriculture
JaREEACH II Project in charge
visioning exercise held; Ministry may be changing focus
 Finance; Waste
not yet started
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11. Sector Strategies & Action Plans
PPCR Funding
 Water; Health; Tourism; Human Settlements; Coastal
Resources
not yet started
Cause for concern
Discussions held with PPCR unit to prioritise actions
 Fisheries
some background work done (situational analysis, policy
and legislative review; survey done)
to be restarted
Funding to be clarified
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12. Thank You
Questions?
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