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National GEF Priorities and Project Ideas
JAMAICA
Climate Change (Group allocation)
• The main IA for climate change projects - UNDP
• The priority project – Developing energy efficient, low-carbon building
materials, construction technique and housing
solutions for Jamaica and other developing
countries
• Strategic objective 1 efficiency in buildings.
Indicative cost – US$2.5 M
Promoting
energy
National GEF Priorities and Project Ideas
JAMAICA
• Status – project concept developed
• Similarity to proposals for building energy
efficiency transformation – regional
programmatic framework
Project Outcomes
• Global Environmental Benefits
• Reduction of Greenhouse Gas emissions
• Development and Adaptation of key Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technology
for building systems and construction material in
developing countries.
• Making a low-Carbon building prototypes and
disseminating to the Caribbean and other
developing region.
PROJECT OUTCOMES
• National Sustainable Development Benefits:
• Reduction of energy consumption and oil import.
• Subcomponents include Energy efficiency in
building design and materials,, Photovoltaic
technologies, solar-powered bio-digester etc.
and dissemination in Jamaica.
• The project will include collaboration with
UNIDO, information and technology transfer, and
educational marketing to disseminate solution.
PROJECT OUTCOMES
• National Sustainable Development Benefits:
• Development, adaptation and dissemination of
the building systems, construction materials and
energy supply technologies to support a more
energy-efficient and less resource intensive
mode of life in Jamaica.
• Development of affordable, energy-efficient
construction solutions to make more selfsufficient houses in Jamaica.
National GEF Priorities and Project Ideas
Other climate change proposals
– Reduction of Barriers to Energy efficiency:
incentives for energy efficiency, low-GHG &
renewables equipment and removal of policy
barriers. Indicative amount – US$1 M
– Support to the SGP for climate change
– Wind energy feasibility study
National GEF Priorities and Project Ideas
Adaptation to climate change - SCCF
• Adapting to sea-level rise along the
southeastern coastline of Jamaica
• Identify the appropriate coastal adaptation
technology or technologies available that will
minimize the impacts
• identify the source or sources of this technology;
• purchase the technology or methodology to
implement the technology from the source
• train local persons in the applicability of the
technology
National GEF Priorities and Project Ideas
Biodiversity (country allocation)
• Main project • Strengthening the operational and financial
sustainability of the national Protected Area
System
• Indicative costs for GEF from RAF - US$3,047,643
• Co-financing – Cash - US$ 1,470,500
• In Kind -US$3,750,000
• IA – UNDP
• Current status – PIF being finalized
National GEF Priorities and Project Ideas
Biodiversity (country allocation)
• Major Outcomes • Strengthening of planning and revenue generation
- establishment of PA Trust Fund
• Rationalizing and integrating the National System of
Protected Areas
• Zoning guidelines for PAs
• Model regulations governing resource use in different
PA zones
• Increasing PA management effectiveness of
protected areas
National GEF Priorities and Project Ideas
Other Biodiversity Projects
• Mitigating the Threats of Invasive Alien
Species in the Insular Caribbean
• PPG to be implemented
• IA – UNEP; EA – CABI
• RAF allocation – US$880,000
• Implementation of national biosafety
frameworks in Caribbean sub-regional
countries in the context of a regional project
• PIF prepared
• IA – UNEP
• RAF allocation – US$650,000
National GEF Priorities and Project Ideas
Biodiversity (country allocation)
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Other Biodiversity Projects
– Small Grants Programme
•
RAF allocation – US$510,000 (10% of allocation)
– Focus
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protected areas management and conservation in
locations delineated as biodiversity hotspots.
sustainable management of marine ecosystems, as
well as participation in biodiversity initiatives in
large adjacent marine ecosystems such as the
wider Caribbean Region (WCR).
National GEF Priorities and Project Ideas
Other Biodiversity Projects
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NCSA follow-on project
– Incorporating Natural Resource Evaluation
Tools Into Environmental Impact Assessment
Procedures (UNDP) (includes Cockpit
Country economic valuation)
Status – was in pipeline
National GEF Priorities and Project Ideas
POPs
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Jamaica supports the proposals sent for
consideration
Under Jamaica’s National Implementation
Plan for POPs, PCBs have been
highlighted as one of the key groups of
POPs for attention. Jamaica has set a
2020 deadline for the elimination of the
use and importation of PCBs.
National GEF Priorities and Project Ideas
POPs
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Other aspects for consideration
– building/ a centre for cleaning PCBs
contaminated oil as long as it is in the range of
50 -200 ppm.
– building air sampling capability to measure
dioxin and furan derivatives.
– setting up an educational forum for the
extension officers in the agricultural sector to
educate them regarding long term effects of
pesticides in the POPs family
National GEF Priorities and Project Ideas
Capacity Building/Climate Change Adaptation
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ESM in industry – energy – water – waste
(Tourism Enhancement Fund possible cofinancing source)
World Tourism Organization proposal –
At selected pilot sites: Implementing on-the ground
adaptation measures for demonstration and
replication in different areas of resource management
(water, waste, coastal erosion, corals, mangroves,
integrated coastal zone management), as well as in
social issues related to tourism-dependent local
communities (e.g. cooperation with resorts and
tourism businesses on adaptation, health issues,
community awareness and participation),
implementing policy measures and regulations, etc.
International Waters
• CLME project
• Ballast water project
Sustainable Land Management
• The project aims to minimize and prevent land
degradation by mainstreaming SLM through
strengthening the institutional framework,
developing a coherent policy and legal
framework, mainstreaming SLM into the
country’s development planning and mediumterm economic framework, and improving the
technical capabilities and know how within
government institutions as well as within key
stakeholder groups.