As rains falter, Jamaica’s urban farmers race to adapt
Discover how CityAdapt has helped Kingston become a climate resilient city, adapting to droughts through innovative urban gardens.
Climate risks: how to estimate them and with which approach
When we think about traveling, one of the first decisions we make is how we are going to get around. Will we do it walking, with a bicycle, by public or private transport? The decision, if we have multiple options, will depend mainly on the conditions and needs of our trip, rather than whether one […]
Five practical strategies for private sector engagement in climate change adaptation
According to the World Economic Forum, climate change adaptation is a market close to $2 trillion . For this reason, the private sector can find a great opportunity in adaptation, not only reducing costs, but increasing productivity and improving its competitiveness.
Resilient Coastal Caribbean Cities: 3 strategies to integrate NbS in urban planning and development
The Caribbean faces disproportionate impacts from climate change, with rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, sea-level rise, and extreme events causing extensive human, natural, and economic losses.
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.
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.
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.
The fundamental role of indigenous women for Ecosystem-based Adaptation
The Chaco region in Paraguay concentrates almost half of the country’s indigenous population, who live mainly from subsistence agriculture, simple livestock systems, non-timber products, beekeeping and small-scale hunting.
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.
