Transcript Presentation on Climate Change to Members of Parliament

The Role of MPs
in Building A Unified Policy
Response to Climate Change
Presented by
The Climate Change Division
of
The Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change
to
Members of Parliament
November, 2013
A Summary:
• Responding to climate change requires
multiple actions, each tailored to the
situation/constituency
• Climate change creates many opportunities
for those who are prepared
• The Climate Change Division will coordinate
actions and help mobilise resources
Building Customised, Integrated
Reponses
Responding to climate change requires an
internalization of the response by all citizens at
all levels. The problem is too important and too
pervasive.
With climate change, we must change!
CC Affects Constituencies Differently
Everywhere is affected, but…
• The West (2,3,8,9) dries the
most
• The South East (5) at highest
disaster risk
• The South (3,4,5) will see
major saline intrusion
• The South (3,4,5,6) warms the
most
How Will CC Affect Your Constituency?
THE ROLE OF POLITICAL LEADERS IN
RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Mobilizing Communities – NonPartisan, but Political
• Community engagement in projects vital for
sustainable implementation
• Climate change adaptation and mitigation measures
require a consultative, community centred approach
– Constituency plans vital
• Political mechanisms are well positioned to engage
citizens and to disseminate/collect information and
resources
Climate Change Must Influence
Development Project Choices
• Project conceptualization and execution must be
forward-thinking and climate conscious
– Risk mitigation
– Resource efficiency
• Coordination is needed, especially to overcome
perceived conflicts in priorities
• Recognition of the role of local government in planning
• The CDF can be geared towards climate change
adaptation and mitigation.
Using Opportunities to Build Climate
Resilience, and Vice Versa
• Every infrastructure project (large and small) is a
chance to build resilience, for example:
– Rain water harvesting
– Efficient and resilient buildings
• Jobs can be created through resilience building
and green job initiatives (per ILO)
– Renewable energy, energy efficiency, smart
agriculture and civil/environmental engineering works
Funding Climate Adaptation and
Mitigation
• International mechanisms
– UNFCCC
– Multilateral and development bank support
• Local funding
– CDF already recognises disaster mitigation. Possibility to
expand?
• Non-climate specific funding
– Building climate resilience into other funding/financing
– E.g. energy retrofits
Annette Thompson changes crops
Farmers in rural St. Andrew begin terracing
Mangrove replanting and channel engineering in
Portland Bight
Energy efficiency initiatives create jobs
Wigton Wind Farm – cheap energy with local and
international investment
The Barbados Coastal Infrastructure Programme –
enabling climate-smart tourism
Alternative Livelihoods for fisherfolk
THE CLIMATE CHANGE DIVISION’S ROLE
Vision 2030
Jamaica & The
CCD
Jamaica, the
place of choice to
live, work, raise
families, and do
business
• Goal 4 – Jamaica has a healthy
environment
• National Outcome 14 – Hazard Risk
Reduction and Adaptation to Climate
Change
• National Development Plan recognizes
– Climate Change Adaptation,
Mitigation and Hazard Risk
Reduction as a National
Outcome for our sustainable
development.
Priority Strategies Through 2015
• PRIORITY POLICY: V2030/Outcome 14 – Hazard Risk Reduction and
Adaptation to Climate Change
• National Strategy 14-3: Develop Measures to Adapt to Climate
Change
• National Strategy 14-4: Develop mechanisms to influence the
global rate of climate change(linked to National Outcome 10)
• Sector Strategy: Identify strategic priorities for Climate Change
The Climate Change Policy Framework
The vision is that:
“Jamaica achieves its goals of growth and
prosperity for its people while meeting the
challenges of climate change as a country with
enhanced resilience and capacity to adapt to the
impacts and to mitigate the causes in a
coordinated, effective and sustainable manner.”
The Climate Change Policy Framework
The Climate Change Division will implement:
“…a sustainable institutional mechanism to
facilitate the development, coordination and
implementation of policies, sectoral plans,
programmes, strategies, policies and legislation
to address the impacts of climate change.”
Functions of the CCD
1. Coordination of policy development and
programmes including CC mainstreaming;
2. Information and data management;
3. Public awareness, education, research and science;
4. Mobilization of climate finance and other resources
including through the private sector / PIOJ, and
5. International cooperation and negotiations.
A Summary:
• Responding to climate change requires
multiple actions, each tailored to the
situation/constituency
• Climate change creates many opportunities
for those who are prepared
• The Climate Change Division will coordinate
actions and help mobilise resources
How Will Your Constituency Respond?
Addenda
STRATEGIES FOR THE CLIMATE CHANGE
DIVISION
Strategies
1
Development of key
policies on climate
change
Strategies
2
Establish and
operationalize the
Climate Change
Division
Strategies
3
Establish a Net-work
of Climate Change
focal points across
government
Strategies
4
Creation of a database of
current activities and
project proposals in the
pipeline designed
specifically to address
adaptation and mitigation
of climate change
Strategies
5
Set standards for the
reporting, monitoring
and evaluation of
integrated climate
change activities
Strategies
6
Research agenda
developed in collaboration
with the Climate Change
Advisory Committee and
academic institutions
Strategies
7
Improve mechanisms
for the financing of
climate change
THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE, SECTOR BY SECTOR
Climate Change Will Affect Jamaica
Parameter
Predicted Change
Surface temperature s
Rise of 1.4 to 3.2°C
Sea level rise
Rise of 0.28 to 0.98 m
Ocean acidity
Reduction in pH of 0.14 – 0.35 units (more acidic)
Tropical storms / hurricanes
Likely (>66% certainty) increase in hurricane intensity
Precipitation
Less summer (June, July, August) precipitation
Extreme weather events
Number of flood events expected to increase; longer
drought periods
CC Affects Constituencies Differently
Everywhere is affected, but…
• The West (2,3,8,9) dries the
most
• The South East (5) at highest
disaster risk
• The South (3,4,5) will see
major saline intrusion
• The South (3,4,5,6) warms the
most
Climate Change Affects All Citizens
and All Sectors Deeply, But Differently
Some studies exist already; here’s what we can
visualise.
Agriculture Will Be Disrupted
• Higher temperatures and lower precipitation
– Reduced crop/ livestock productivity (quality, quantity and mortality)
– Disruption of planting cycles
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Irrigated areas: saline ground water (esp. South)
Rain fed areas: less rain overall, intense rainy spells
Erosion
More disaster events
Must shift to climate resilient agriculture
Sugar productivity over 3 climate
scenarios
Coastal Resources are in Danger
• Increased storm surge
– Inundation of low lying areas
• Erosion
• Habitat loss
– Reefs (acidification, heat stress)
– Wetlands (up to 60% loss, per WB study)
• Losses of about US$630 million annually.
Major infrastructure may be required
Tourism May Experience Major Losses
• By 2050, cumulative losses due to…
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Decreased arrivals: up to US $132 M
Extreme events: up to US $5,488 M
Sea level rise/acidification: up to US $7,956M
Total: up to US $366 M per year
More resilient infrastructure and coastal
protection/restoration necessary
The Health Sector will be Challenged
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Water availability / quality
Sanitation
Heat stress and related mortality
Changes in vectors
Varying effects:
– Leptospirosis, gastroenteritis may see slight worsening
– Dengue projected to be much worse