Ecology in Jamaica

« Hello everyone, today i am going to present you the actual climate situation in jamaica, then how this country tackles climate change and then i am going to give you my opinion about it. First of all, let’s go over some important information.

Jamaica is a Small Island Developing State and the largest island in the English-speaking Caribbean, and the most populated with 2.93 million people.

It is highly dependent on natural resources. Jamaica experiences a tropical climate characterized by warm temperatures year-round.

The country typically has a wet season from May to November and a dry season from December to April.

However, due to climate change, Jamaica, like its neighbors, is experiencing shifts in weather patterns, including more intense storms, hurricanes and flooding and changes in precipitation patterns.

Moreover Jamaica faces very serious threats from hotter temperatures and sea level rise. Thus Jamaica is vulnerable to natural disasters and the effects of climate change especially along coastal sectors and livelihood activities. Storms notably devastated productions, which seriously affected the country's economy.

Effectively Roughly 90 percent of the country's GDP(standing for Gross Domestic Product: so the total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year) is produced within the coastal zone, making its key industries and over half of the population vulnerable to hurricanes, tropical storms, sea level rise, and land loss Let's now take a look at some key figures : CO2 emissions per capita in Jamaica are equivalent to 2.3 tons in 2022.

For your information, per capita CO2 emissions represent the amount of CO2 emitted by an average person over one year.

The world average is 4.66 tons.

Thus Jamaica is below the world average. Moreover the country’s annual CO2 emissions is around 6.45 million tons equivalent representing 0.02% of worldwide emissions.

More precisely the Electricity and heat sector represents 2,1 million tons, Aviation and shipping is 1,8 , Transport is 1,7 and Manufacturing and construction represents 1,3.

2m40 Let's now move on to the actions taken by the country against climate change.

Jamaica remains committed to make its contribution through various initiatives.

Firstly, the country commits itself through its participation in international agreements.

In line with requirements of The Paris Agreement(that aims to limit global temperature rise to well below 2°C, while pursuing efforts to further limit it to 1.5°C) the country has increased its ambition of the mitigation component of its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). To let you know, Nationally determined contributions.... »