Lessons from Jamaica: Promoting resilience through institutional arrangements, social networks and community empowerment

The document highlights Jamaica's high vulnerability to climate change, particularly regarding its coastal tourism and fisheries, and describes the GIVRAPD project's efforts to enhance local adaptive capacity through participatory planning and institutional collaboration.

• Jamaica's coastal-marine systems, including coral reefs, fisheries, and tourism—the latter contributing 25% of the GDP—are highly susceptible to climate change, with extreme events in the mid to late 2000s causing over a billion dollars in loss and damage.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2017). Lessons from Jamaica: Promoting resilience through institutional arrangements, social networks and community empowerment. https://cdkn.org/resource/policy-brief-lessons-jamaica-promoting-resilience-institutional-arrangements-social-networks-community-empowerment

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Lessons from Jamaica: Promoting resilience through institutional arrangements, social networks and community empowerment. 2017. https://cdkn.org/resource/policy-brief-lessons-jamaica-promoting-resilience-institutional-arrangements-social-networks-community-empowerment.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2017lessons, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Lessons from Jamaica: Promoting resilience through institutional arrangements, social networks and community empowerment}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2017}, month = feb, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/policy-brief-lessons-jamaica-promoting-resilience-institutional-arrangements-social-networks-community-empowerment}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }