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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
Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilient Cities
Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilient Cities
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.
Five key elements
Five key elements to ensure strategic planning for climate change adaptation at the interinstitutional level.
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.
In 2023, LACCW is taking place from October 23 to 27 in parallel with the XXIII Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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.
How to implement climate action in cities?
On Wednesday, October 4th, from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM (Panama time, GMT-5), CityAdapt participated in the webinar hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) titled "How do we implement climate action in cities?"
Human Mobility and the Climate Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean
On Tuesday, September 26, from 9:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. (Panama time, GMT-5), we will hold the sixth ROAD TOWARDS COP28 dialogue on Human mobility and the climate crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Climate Action in the Private Sector and Non-State Actors in the Implementation of NDCs in LAC
On Thursday, September 21, from 9:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. (Panama time, GMT-5) we will hold the fifth ROUTE TO COP28 dialogue on Climate Action in the Private Sector and other non-State Actors in the implementation of NDCs in Latin America and the Caribbean.