Jamaica is currently in the process of working on its TNA. It has completed its Barrier Analysis and Enabling Framework reports and work is now underway to finalize its Technology Action Plans.
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:
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