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As a small island developing state in the Caribbean, Jamaica faces significant climate change impacts, including:
- Increasingly intense hurricanes
- Sea-level rise, coastal erosion
- Saline intrusion into soils and aquifers
- Declining average precipitation
- Increasingly erratic and intense rainfall
These impacts pose serious risks to community livelihoods, key socio-economic sectors, and ecosystems.
Community-Based Adaptation activities in Jamaica supports adaptation both in coastal regions and in the agricultural sector, focusing on improved natural resource management practices to maintain coastal and agricultural land resources and protect biodiversity while safeguarding communities and livelihoods in the face of climate change impacts. The overall portfolio for CBA Jamaica will be guided by the Jamaica CBA Country Programme Strategy. The project is financed by SPA through Small Grants Program and is implemented by UNDP.
The CBA Jamaica portfolio includes a total of six projects:
- Land & Preservation Measures to Combat Climate Change Pressures in Martha Brae Watershed
- Increasing Community Adaptation and Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change in Portland Bight
- Glengoffe Climate Change Adaptation
- Watershed Conservation Programme for Awareness and Action in the Rio Grande Watershed
- Reducing Climate Change-Driven Erosion and Landslide Risk through Sustainable Agriculture
- "Tell It": Disseminating Caribbean Climate Change Science and Stories