Grant outlines practical steps for communities to achieve climate resilience

KINGSTON, Jamaica —Climate change and disaster risk expert Sheldon Grant has challenged communities to adopt a six-step process to achieve climate resilience, as the need to move beyond discussing environmental threats to implementing actions becomes urgent.

According to a release from JN Circle, Grant, an adaptation officer at the Ministry of Water, Environment and Climate Change, demonstrated to members of the group how adapting a process of preparing, protecting, organising, planning, securing resources and implementing can lead to strengthened communities, which are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climatic activities.

He said the approach can help residents identify their most urgent risks, agree on workable solutions, assign responsibility, obtain support and carry projects through to completion.