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Readiness support approved

Readiness support disbursed

National Designated Authority

Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation

Ms Una Gordon
Principal Director, Climate Change Division
16A Half-Way-Tree Road, Kingston 5, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica

Phone +876 633 7354
Unamay.Gordon@megjc.gov.jm

Mr Omar Alcock
Senior Technical Officer (Mitigation)
16A Halfway Tree Road, Kingston 5, Kingston, Jamaica

omar.alcock@megjc.gov.jm

GCF Team

Orville Grey
Regional Manager
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Mahendra Saywack
Regional Officer
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Ali Haider
Regional Analyst
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News + Stories

Jamaica and Norway lead countries in call for ambitious replenishment of Green Climate Fund ahead of Climate Action Summit

22 Sep 2019 / The Prime Ministers of Jamaica and Norway convened Heads of State, Ministers, and representatives from over 40 developed and developing countries today for a meeting dedicated to the replenishment of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The event showed a huge level of support for GCF, with a number of developed countries present indicating that they would be making ambitious pledges towards the replenishment at the UN Climate Action Summit taking place on 23 September.

GCF regional workshop spurs private sector engagement in the Caribbean

19 Apr 2019 / The first GCF Regional Workshop to mobilise Private Sector took place on 2-4 April in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

GCF talks renewable energy with Alliance of Small Island States

19 Oct 2017 / GCF participated in the recent high-level meeting of 17 ministers of Energy and Environment of the the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).

Documents

Title	Type	Date
Transforming Finance to Unlock Climate Action in the Caribbean CDB	Approved project preparation funding application	20 Sep 2020
ADAPT-JAMAICA Enhancing climate change resilience of vulnerable smallholders in Central Jamaica FAO	Concept note	29 Jan 2020
Jamaica Country Programme	Country programme	26 Nov 2019
Strategic frameworks support for Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname through CANARI	Approved readiness proposal	08 Nov 2019
Strategic frameworks support for Dominica and Jamaica through Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation of Jamaica	Approved readiness proposal	04 Oct 2019
Entity support for Belize, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines through CCCCC CCCCC	Approved readiness proposal	10 Jan 2019
Strategic Frameworks support for Jamaica through MEGJC	Approved readiness proposal	12 Jun 2018
Readiness grant agreement with Jamaica (JAM-RS-002)	Readiness grant agreement	01 Feb 2018
Entity Support for Jamaica through PwC	Approved readiness proposal	13 Dec 2017
Mainstreaming Coral Reef Resilience and Restoration as an Ecosystem-based Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change in the Caribbean Region (MaCREAS) CCCCC	Concept note	01 Dec 2017