CityAdapt
Jamaica - El Salvador - Mexico
Project components
CityAdapt JEM is a project implemented in Jamaica – Kingston, El Salvador – San Salvador and Mexico – Xalapa (Veracruz), from 2018 to 2023. Financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the project It is executed by the Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), with the support of Euroclima+.
Its goal is to increase the capacity of governments and local communities to adapt to the effects of climate change by integrating Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) into urban planning.
The project is made up of three components:
1. Incorporate NBS into custom and long-term urban development planning.
2. Implement urban interventions through NbS to reduce the vulnerability of local communities.
3. Gain knowledge and raise awareness about urban NBS throughout the region.
Innovation and impact of CityAdapt JEM
CityAdapt JEM provides tools to integrate Nature-Based Solutions for climate change adaptation into urban planning. Through the implementation of NbS pilot measures, the project demonstrates how NbS can mitigate climate risks and generate a series of benefits and co-benefits for urban communities.
Evolution
Regional
El Salvador
Mexico
Jamaica
Regional
November 2021
Nature4Cities
Approval of the Nature4Cities Readiness proposal in 7 countries of the region, derived from the results of CityAdapt.
June 2021
NbS guides
October 2020
Webinar
Launch of the online course with 40 cities in 14 Latin American countries
August 2019
CITYADAPT
Launch of the CityAdapt name, logo and project identity manual
May 2019
PNUMA
Signing of the cooperation agreement with UN Women for the implementation of activities in San Salvador and Xalapa
March 2018
ALTERRA
Start of ALTERRA technical consultancy – Wageningen University
January 2014
Proposal
Proposal sent to the GEF
El Salvador
April 2021
Community Garden
Inauguration of the Cantón Finca el Espino community garden
November 2019
Restoration
Restoration of 5,183 linear meters of riparian vegetation in the La Mascota, Arenal Monserrat, El Piro, Buenos Aires, La Triadera, El Triunfo and El Limón ravines, in the Arenal Monserrat micro-watershed
November 2019
Results festival
Festival of school garden results 2019, with the participation of the 5 school centers that are members of the initiative.
November 2019
Restoration
Restoration of 336 hectares of coffee and production of 26,217 linear meters of infiltration ditches in 29 farms on the San Salvador volcano
June 2019
Coffee and fruit trees
Delivery of 40,000 coffee seedlings and fruit trees to the coffee growers of the San Salvador volcano
May 2019
Kit Delivery
Delivery of tool kits and supplies for the establishment of school gardens to 5 School Centers
Mexico
February 2021
Restoration
December 2020
Scrubber Hill
November 2019
Edible mushrooms
October 2019
SCALL
July 2019
SCALL
March 2019
Publication
November 2018
Hotspots
Identification of main climatic hazards (hotspots) in the municipalities of Xalapa and Tlaneluayocán within the framework of vulnerability analysis
Jamaica
Partners
This project is executed in conjunction with the environmental authorities in each country (the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources – SEMARNAT of Mexico, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources – MARN of El Salvador and the Climate Change Directorate of the Ministry of Growth Economic Development and Job Creation (MEGJC) of Jamaica).
El Salvador
Jamaica
Mexico
Strategic Partners
