Jamaica

Jamaica joined the Global TNA Phase III and completed the process in 2023.

Jamaica is located in the Caribbean Sea, where it forms one of a group of small island developing states known as the Greater Antilles. As a small island developing state, Jamaica is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. These impacts have proved to be a major threat to Jamaicans and the country’s infrastructure. They also pose a major challenge to its economic growth, threatening climate-sensitive sectors such as tourism, agriculture, fisheries, forestry and water.

Jamaica’s vulnerability to climate change is likely to increase in the future in a number of ways. Based on recent projections made by the Climate Studies Group at the University of the West Indies, by the end of this century it will face a temperature increase of up to 4ᵒC and an increase in dry periods from 25%-30%. The number of storms is not expected to increase, but the storms themselves are projected to become more intense.

Jamaica’s TNA contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals: