disaster risk management

The proposed Project has drawn on international best practices such as “working with nature”.

The project will use green infrastructure, such as green roofs and green spaces to reduce energy consumption, but also reduce flooding.

The project pilots new techniques including eco/ bio-engineering solutions for erosion stability such as the use of vegetation to protect embankments from scouring.

The project will use green roofs for public buildings to reduce urban heat island effect.

The project will use green solutions may also be trialed to remove pollution, such as introducing flood retention areas (ponds or wetlands) with recreational amenities, establishing green corridor parks, and introducing permeable paving to encourage infiltration or bioretention areas with enhanced vegetation and filtration.

The grant supports Panama City in developing a concept plan for urban and coastal resilience, articulating a comprehensive strategy of public investments and infrastructure financing, aiming to strengthen urban resilience.

The project has been restructured to include nature-based solutions, which aligns with their NDC ambitions. They will use NBS relating to forests, conservation, and other to meet PDO. The work will be implemented by the National Disaster Risk Management Fund. It will also have community resilience component.

The project will dekiver road rehabilitation and new road works and pavements using weather resistant paving material to withstand extreme weather events, introducing the use of green and nature-based infrastructure to mitigate floods and, when necessary, constructing wider drains and culverts to accommodate heavy precipitation, undertaking slope stabilization to protect against climate risks.

The Government of Jamaica has requested financing the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project with the objective to enhance Jamaica’s resilience to disaster and climate risk. The proposed project will finance four components: 1) technical assistance for improved disaster and climate resilience, including ecosystem-based analyses; 2) risk reduction through structural mitigation measures such as retrofitting or construction of key assets; 3) contingent emergency response; and 4) project management.

The project will rehabilitate local parks and green spaces to better manage stormwater runoff and help reduce the urban heat island effect.