sNAPshot: Jamaica’s Approach to Initiating Sector Integration of Adaptation Considerations

Jamaica employs a hybrid approach to climate adaptation, combining national-level mandates from Vision 2030 and the 2015 Climate Change Policy Framework with sector-specific strategy development. Coordination is managed through the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change (MWLECC), supported by a network of 27 focal points across government agencies. Sectoral integration varies, with some sectors creating stand-alone plans and others updating existing strategies, all intended to eventually merge into a national adaptation strategy and action plan.

• Jamaica utilizes a hybrid approach to sector integration of climate adaptation, where national development priorities drive sectoral planning, which in turn feeds back into a national strategy. This is evidenced by Vision 2030 and the National Climate Change Policy Framework, which both call for the creation of sector-specific climate change strategies for the most vulnerable sectors.
• The Government of Jamaica identifies seven sectors as most vulnerable to climate change: energy, human health, tourism, agriculture, human settlements and infrastructure, water resources, and coastal and marine resources.
• Institutional coordination is led by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), which manages the Vision 2030 outcomes, and the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change (MWLECC), which established a Climate Change Division (CCD) in 2013. A Climate Change Focal Point Network, created in March 2014 and consisting of 27 representatives from government ministries and agencies, supports the integration of adaptation planning at the sectoral level.
• Sectoral integration methods vary by industry: the agriculture sector is developing stand-alone climate change strategies for later integration, while the forestry sector is integrating adaptation directly into existing plan updates.
• International donor support for sector-specific climate strategies is provided by the European Union (via the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre), USAID, and the Climate Investment Fund (via the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank under the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience).

APA

Dekens, J., & Price-Kelly, H. (2016). sNAPshot: Jamaica’s Approach to Initiating Sector Integration of Adaptation Considerations. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/napgn-en-2016-snapshot-jamaicas-approach-to-initiating-sector-integration-of-adaptation-considerations.pdf

Chicago

Dekens, Julie, and Hayley Price-Kelly. sNAPshot: Jamaica’s Approach to Initiating Sector Integration of Adaptation Considerations. NAP Global Network, 2016. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/napgn-en-2016-snapshot-jamaicas-approach-to-initiating-sector-integration-of-adaptation-considerations.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{dekens2016snapshot, author = {Dekens, Julie and Price-Kelly, Hayley}, title = {{sNAPshot: Jamaica’s Approach to Initiating Sector Integration of Adaptation Considerations}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2016}, month = feb, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/napgn-en-2016-snapshot-jamaicas-approach-to-initiating-sector-integration-of-adaptation-considerations.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }