Caption: “Our National Development Plan—Vision 2030 Jamaica, is 98 percent aligned with the #SDGs and strongly reflects the commitment of the Government of #Jamaica to advancing the SDGS. Jamaica will leverage our experience in long term development planning, economic and social reforms, and crisis response and continue to advocate for appropriate recognition of vulnerability and improved access to concessional financing for Small Island Developing States SIDS and middle-income countries.”- Sen. the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith during Jamaica’s Voluntary National Review (VNR) on the #2030Sustainable Development Goals, delivered this morning at the United Nations (UN), New York Headquarters.
The Minister also shared that since Jamaica’s first VNR in 2018, the country has expanded its protected marine and coastal areas beyond the global 2020 target, ”increased forest protection; updated the Nationally Determined Contributions(NDCs) and worked to harness the potential of the blue and green economies.”
