Jamaicas National Adaptation Plan: Integrating Climate Change into National and Ministerial Budgets Workshop Report

The workshop, hosted by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation in partnership with the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service and the NAP Global Network, aimed to align Jamaica's national adaptation planning with its financial processes. Participants from 12 vulnerable sectors were trained on the climate adaptation risk management (CARM) cycle, adaptation financing instruments, and expenditure tracing. The event resulted in the creation of 'return to work plans' to ensure that National Adaptation Plan (NAP) strategic goals are incorporated into future budget documents.

• The workshop aimed to build the capacity of budget and policy officers to identify climate change initiatives within their sectors and understand how these activities impact budgeting and planning to ensure the successful implementation of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP).
• Jamaica is developing 12 sectoral adaptation strategies and action plans for the most vulnerable sectors, which are expected to be completed by 2018 and will form the basis of the country's NAP.
• The training focused on three main pillars of the budgeting process: planning, implementation, and monitoring, specifically highlighting the climate adaptation risk management (CARM) cycle as a critical input for planning and project cycles.
• Participants recognized that climate change is a development problem rather than solely an environmental issue, and they learned to use adaptation-specific reporting and evaluation criteria to improve planning and programming.
• As a practical outcome, budget officers and climate change focal points agreed to establish communication links to incorporate NAP strategic goals into budget documents and pledged to advocate for climate adaptation within their organizations.
• Participants recommended that future training should include high-level decision-makers, such as Heads of Ministries and the Ministry of Finance, as well as project managers to ensure adaptation is built into projects.

APA

NAP Global Network (n.d.). Jamaicas National Adaptation Plan: Integrating Climate Change into National and Ministerial Budgets Workshop Report. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jamaica-cc-budget-integration-workshop-july2017.pdf

Chicago

NAP Global Network. Jamaicas National Adaptation Plan: Integrating Climate Change into National and Ministerial Budgets Workshop Report. n.d. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jamaica-cc-budget-integration-workshop-july2017.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{napglobalnetworkndjamaicas, author = {{NAP Global Network}}, title = {{Jamaicas National Adaptation Plan: Integrating Climate Change into National and Ministerial Budgets Workshop Report}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/jamaica-cc-budget-integration-workshop-july2017.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }