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CBA Mid-Course Workshop June 29- July 3, 2009

This workshop provides insights into climate change projections for Jamaica, focusing on rising temperatures, sea level increases, and adverse impacts on various sectors. The Country Programme Strategy aims to enhance biodiversity conservation and land management to mitigate climate risks and promote resilience. Collaboration with national and regional initiatives guides adaptation priorities and project implementations.

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CBA Mid-Course Workshop June 29- July 3, 2009

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  1. CBA Mid-Course WorkshopJune 29- July 3, 2009 The CBA Progress in Jamaica (2007-2009) -A Brief Overview Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston Jamaica June 29, 2009 Presented by Michelle Curling-Ludford National UNV-Jamaica

  2. Climate Change Risk for Jamaica • Based on the IPCC Scenarios and simulations done for the Caribbean region (where Jamaica is located) the following have been projected: • There is 90% likelihood that temperatures will increase in the greater Antilles (Jamaica area). • Annual temperatures could increase by between 1°C and 1.6°C by 2050. • Sea levels will rise, with projected increases near the global average of 0.2m -0.5m (relative to 1999 levels) by 2090. • Local studies have shown that: the number of hot days and warm nights have both increased (Chen et al, 2008). Moreover there is general scientific consensus that there is likely to be a drying out of (or reduction in) rainfall in the June-August period, by 2050. • Also projected are: Increased storm surge, increased terrestrial and coastline erosion, saline contamination of coastal aquifers, and adverse impacts on all socio-economic sectors especially the agriculture sector and coastal zone related activities such as tourism. More than 70% of the islands GDP is produced in the Costal Zone, so implications for adverse socio-economic activities are great.

  3. Focus of the CBA Country Programme Strategy (CCCPS) • The CCPS Focuses on the following: • CBA interventions in Jamaica will deliver global environmental benefits in the GEF focal areas of biodiversity conservation and the prevention of land degradation. • Capacity building at the local level through both initiatives and improved natural resource management in the context of climate change. • In order to make such global benefits more resilient to climate change, project initiatives under the CBA will support new approaches for land management, taking into account the increased erosion and land loss risks associated with climate change. • Biodiversity conservation efforts under the CBA will seek new ways of protecting and improving habitats in a way that make them less susceptible to coastal and terrestrial erosion. Conservation efforts should also render species more capable of coping with the impacts of more intense extreme events, including hurricanes and other tropical cyclones. • This will be accomplished primarily through the implementation of 8-10 demonstration projects that generate global environmental benefits (GEBs), and make ecosystems resilient to climate variability and change. • .

  4. Geographic Area of Focus

  5. CCPS cont’d • Work closely with current national adaptation interventions of the 2nd national communications of the UNFCCC to utilize the most current and accurate information to guide adaptation priorities and options. • Make use of results of studies conducted under regional initiatives piloted by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and other past regional initiatives including-but not limited to-Caribbean Planning for Adaption to Global Climate Change (CPACC), and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Caribbean (ACCC) • This collaboration will also allow for lessons learnt from community-based interventions to be scaled up at the national level, thereby providing opportunities for incorporation into national adaptation and planning policies.

  6. Existing CBA Project portfolio

  7. Portfolio cont’d • Glengoffe CDC-’”Adaptation to climate change”-concept approved

  8. Community Participation & Volunteering Organizations • Community provide in kind contribution eg. Labour- site prep., planting, reaping, maintenance, and meeting place • Informal Groups- Citizen’s Associations, farmers groups • Formal Groups- Community Development Committee (CDC), Parish Dev. Committee (PDC), Cooperatives and Benevolent Scoieties, Peace Corpse • Factors: affecting social cohesion and volunteerism • - lack of clarity regarding benefits of project • - lack of adequate involvement in project activity • - little or no regard for community’s “felt” needs that are not necessarily project related.

  9. QUESTIONS • It is commendable that UNVs will be trained at this seminar, but are there any other training opportunities for UNVs (if so when and how often is this done)? • Will there be an opportunity for UNVs to visit other countries to see their projects first hand and how the locales are responding to the whole CBA programme there?

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