Kingston.- UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Elsie Laurence-Chounoune recalled that Jamaica has been a significant contributor to the Caribbean and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) negotiating team and has 'boldly, clearly and relentlessly brought the peculiar issues of SIDS to the climate change negotiating table at successive COPs'
She said in Kingston that the island is strongly positioned to advocate for an effective outcome that could support the achievement of Caribbean objectives during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Jamaica's Ministry of Economic Growth and Employment Creation Daryl Vaz revealed that the government of his country is aware that climate change has far-reaching implications for the future of the island in terms of its impact on employment, infrastructure and investments.
It also damages the country's natural resources, economy and sustainable development goals.
Vaz pointed to a study done by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC), which estimates that by 2050, cumulative losses due to degradation of marine ecosystems, storm damage and other factors may average as much as $366 million USD per year.
Jamaica became the 142nd country to ratify the Paris Agreement on March 30, 2017. (PL)
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