Jamaica To Begin Testing Climate Predictive System June

• Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says Jamaica will begin testing its climate predictive system in June.
• He said that Jamaica is the first country in the world to begin the process of developing a predictive and climate-risk assessment planning tool for major infrastructure, under the global private-sector-led Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI) initiative.
• Considering Jamaica’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change and natural disasters, this tool will enable decision-makers to assess climate risk to Jamaica’s infrastructure networks to visualize hot spots of high levels of economic and social value at risk, in relevant time horizons.
• This will allow the GOJ to be proactive in making the necessary improvements to infrastructure and implementing protective measures to limit the impact of natural disasters on the most vulnerable areas of the country. This is expected to lower the impact of climate change on the island’s infrastructure and the post-disaster recovery period.

(Source: JIS & NCBCM Research)