Jamaica

Overview

Jamaica submitted its first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2017, followed by an updated version in 2020. Most recently, in September 2025, Jamaica submitted its NDC 3.0, committing to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 27.1% by 2035 and up to 41.7% by 2035 with international support.

Mitigation priorities for 2035 include scaling renewables to 63%, decarbonising industry, with a focus on the cement sector and protecting 67% of mangroves and planting 3 million trees, focusing on urban areas.

Adaptation priorities include water management through the National Non-Revenue Water Project, coastal resilience and ecosystem restoration and sustainable land and forest management.

Jamaica’s NDC 3.0 was developed through a participatory process led by the Climate Change Branch of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation. It aligns with the country’s 2050 Long-term Emission Reduction and Climate Resilient Strategy and the Vision 2030 National Development Plan.

Knowledge

Timeline of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Document Submissions

Please click on the timeline below to view the documents submitted.

Climate Commitments

Partnership Engagement

Membership: Member since 2018
Governance: Jamaica was the Co-Chair of the NDC Partnership Steering Committee from 2021-2022.
Country Engagement: Since joining the Partnership, Jamaica has requested support to update its NDC; design or improve policies, strategies, plans, and legislation; and LT-LEDS development. With Partnership support, Jamaica has developed an NDC Action Plan for the period 2021-203 covering 16 outcome areas across key sectors of the NDC, such as energy, forestry and other land use, transport, buildings and water. In addition, partners have supported various activities, including technical advisory to align the country’s post-COVID19 economic recovery with the NDC, technical advisory to the Bank of Jamaica to assess climate impacts across the financial sector, and assistance to Jamaica's National Water Commission towards their Energy Efficiency Improvement & Renewable Energy Systems Programme. For further information on the requests submitted by Jamaica, including outstanding areas of support, please follow the links in the following section.

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