06.10.2015 - 07:29 [ Jamaica Information Service ]

Gov’t Secures $810.2 Million World Bank Grant for Climate Change Project

(5.Oktober 2015) The SDGs, also called Global Goals and Agenda 2030, are an inter-governmentally agreed set of targets relating to international development.

They will follow on from the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expire at the end of 2015.

The project, titled: ‘Improving Climate Data and Information Management’ also includes the provision of technical assistance in climate resilience planning for relevant beneficiary agencies; improvements in their project preparation and management capabilities; and public education awareness and information dissemination.