FIGURE 4. Evolution of budget and expenditure in support of resilience to climate change and natural disasters and universal access to clean energy, 2017-2020 (US$ million) 100%
$2.4
90% $2.0
80% 70%
$1.6
60% $1.2
50% 40%
$0.8
30% 20%
$0.4
10% $0
2017
2018
2019 Budget
0%
2020 Expenditure
Delivery
Source: Atlas project data, Power BI, January 2021
Finding 6: UNDP enabled Jamaica to comply with reporting requirements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), thus strengthening data-based assessments and forming the basis of developing a national climate change adaptation plan. At the community level, UNDP contributed to community resilience and adaptation to climate change by piloting water harvesting and storage improvement and the use of solar energy to provide irrigation. The success has been up-scaled and replicated in different communities. Through the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project ‘Preparation of Third National Communication and Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC’, which started in the previous programme cycle, UNDP contributed to strengthening Jamaica’s national capacity to collect and report climate change data, such as meteorological statistics. By providing technical, procurement70 and implementation support, UNDP assisted the Government of Jamaica to fulfil the reporting requirements of the UNFCCC through 70 71 72 73
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submitting the Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC at COP22, where Jamaica was recognized as the first small island developing state to do so.71 The project enabled Jamaica to produce its Third National Circumstances report and update its climate scenarios for up to 2100. A consultative process was organized with a range of stakeholders, including relevant government agencies,72 academia, the private sector (energy suppliers and mining companies) and the general public. A national database for archiving and compiling Jamaica’s Greenhouse Gas Inventories for 2006-2012 was established for the completion of the Biennial Update Report and Third National Communication reports, for which the methodology of data collection on greenhouse gas generation was updated. This resulted in an improved baseline information structure, which in the long run will assist in improving the monitoring, reporting and verification system on greenhouse gas emissions. Five sectoral vulnerability assessments73 were completed, which made it
In particular, recruitment of international consultants. Final Project Review Report for the Third National Communication and Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC Project. National Environmental and Planning Agency, Climate Change Division, Meteorological Office. (i) Human Health; (ii) Agriculture; (iii) Water Resources; (iv) Tourism; and (v) Coastal Resources.
INDEPENDENT COUNTRY PROGRAMME EVALUATION: JAMAICA
