The objective of the workshop was to increase the capacity of policy makers and technical staff to accelerate in the implementation phase of the countries National Adaptation Plan Processes and to promote innovative responses to adaptation.
This workshop was for government representatives of the Caribbean Countries, including decision makers and high-level technical specialist housed within the Ministries of Environment Finance and planning and other relevant Ministries. The participating countries included Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad y Tobago. The NAP-GSP Regional Training Workshop for the Caribbean on Innovation and Implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) took place in the Sea Garden Beach Resort Montego Bay, Jamaica from the 24-26 April 2019.
Kennel Delusca, Vice Chair of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG) and the lead author of the
IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land, acknowledged the challenges for adaptation planning due to financing constraits and lack of capacity. He said, “Countries should be working towards the implementation of the policies, projects and programmes that they have identified in their NAPs. However, we are aware that this has been a challenging.”
Mark McGann, Chairman of the Physical Planning, Environment and Development Committee of St James Municipal Corporation, said, “It is necessary to work together to successfully attain the ‘2030 Vision for Jamaica’. This speaks for the country to have a have healthy environment.”
The workshop is an activity under the joint UNDP-UN Environment National Adaptation Plan Global Support Programme (
NAP-GSP), funded by the Global Environment Facility (
GEF). It is facilitated by UN Environment through the Regional Gateway for Technology Transfer and Climate Change Action (
REGATTA) initiative financed by the Spanish Cooperation and experts from other organisations and the Caribbean region, including The University of West Indies in Jamaica, the Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean initiative (CRAIC), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the International Organization for Migration, UN Women, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) and Jamaica 4H.
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