As rains falter, Jamaica’s urban farmers race to adapt
Set amid the rapidly growing city of Kingston, Jamaica’s capital, is a small commercial garden run by the community group the Abilities Foundation. Neat rows of fruits and vegetables line the plot, which helps fund vocational training for students with special needs.
CityAdapt project closes in Kingston, but lessons learnt prevail for Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica – Friday, December 1st, 2023 Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among the most vulnerable countries to […]
Kingston High School Students Attend Groundbreaking Youth Climate Conference
Eager high school students converged on the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston last Wednesday to attend a novel Nature-based Solutions
Grow what you eat: City students learn the art of climate-smart container gardening
Students of Kingston Technical High School and members of the school’s 4-H Club attended a comprehensive training session on the set up and maintenance of container gardens
East Kingston community excited by urban forestry programme
East Kingston Community Excited about Community Garden Intervention
under Forestry Department/CityAdapt Partnership
With protective greenbelt, Mexican city hopes to fend off climate change
The city of Xalapa, Mexico is bordered by more than 5,300 hectares of mountain forest, a sprawling green sponge that soaks up rainwater and slowly, predictably, releases it to residents downstream.
UNEP CityAdapt Project Invests over JM$14M in Kingston Inner-city Schools and Greenwich Town
UNEP CityAdapt Project Invests over JM$14M (US$90,000) in Kingston Inner-city Schools and Greenwich Town: Partners with Jamaica 4-H Clubs to install Rainwater Harvesting and Water Purification Systems, Greenhouses and Container Gardens.
CityAdapt LAC wins the Kipepeo Award from UN Environment Programme at the global level!
The CityAdapt LAC project has won the Kipepeo award from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the environmental impact category.
UNEP CityAdapt Climate Resilience Project Implements over US$1.5M in Nature-based Interventions in Kingston Schools, Communities and Watersheds
Kingston is one of three medium-sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean benefiting from a novel climate resilience project called CityAdapt.
13 Latin American cities get on board for a project to increase their resilience through Nature-based Solutions
Adaptation moves forward: 13 cities get on board to develop resilience through Nature-based SolutionsAugust 15, 2022 – The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved the expansion of the readiness project Increasing the Resilience through Nature-based Solutions in Latin American cities project (Nature4Cities LatAm) to three additional countries in the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC).