Latin America and the Caribbean

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean:

Projects
70
Resources
92
Stories
118
Completed
Project
Completed
Promoting regional dialogue around the adaptation-based-mitigation approach in El Salvador

The project’s long term goal and ambition is to strengthen the resilience and adaptive capacity of the region’s communities in addition to enhancing their livelihoods and development opportunities by promoting Mitigation based adaptation (MbA) as a new framework for action.

Feature
27th March 2017
Caribbean communities on the front lines of climate change adaptation Newly-released analysis from CDKN has identified a series of approaches to help community-level organisations to increase climate resilience. The analysis focusses on the Caribbean, but has widely applicable lessons for community-based adaptation in other parts of the world.
Resource
24th March 2017
INFOGRAPHIC: Adapting to climate change at the local-level Climate change adaptation is, in many ways, a local issue.
Resource
24th March 2017
OUTLOOK: Caribbean Special Edition This Special Edition of Climate and Development Outlook highlights leading-edge initiatives in the Caribbean region to design and use decision support tools for climate-resilient development and to research and apply climate solutions.
News
22nd March 2017
Caribbean decision makers benefit from regional-level climate data Launched today: policy brief, infographic and animated presentation on Caribbean climate change trends and how regional decision-makers are using the climate data to guide their investment decisions.
Feature
16th March 2017
Climate data for the Caribbean The CDKN-funded CARibbean Weather Impacts Group (CARIWIG) gives access to climate data that has been downscaled, making it relevant for use in the Caribbean region. The knowledge products below show how this data can be used to support climate resilient decision making in the region.
Resource
13th March 2017
INFOGRAPHIC: Climate data for the Caribbean Governments in the Caribbean have identified climate variability and change as the most significa
Feature
6th March 2017
Building climate resilience is integral to continued prosperity in the Caribbean The escalating cost of climate change to the Caribbean region makes a compelling argument for taking early action for adapting to climate change. An analysis of ten years of climate change research in the Caribbean found that sectors that are vital to regional economic and social development, including agriculture and tourism, are especially vulnerable to climate change and its impacts. Well-targeted measures to adapt will be essential.
Feature
28th February 2017
Caribbean climate adaptation - The role of government Drawing on research from across the Caribbean, CDKN has produced a series of knowledge products focussing on national policy, institutions and good governance. These products link to a resource library of reports, tools and presentations detailing best practice approaches and case studies from Caribbean countries.
Resource
22nd February 2017
POLICY BRIEF: Green growth and energy security - Fossil fuel-endowed middle-income countries at a crossroads This policy brief synthesises the findings of political economy analyses (PEA) in the energy sect
Resource
22nd February 2017
POLICY BRIEF: Promoting green growth in Colombia - A post-conflict opportunity? Only 41 days after the initial peace accord was rejected by a small margin in the plebiscite of 2
Resource
22nd February 2017
REPORT: Green or grey growth for Colombia? Challenging fossil-based energy security This report analyses the politics of energy security and green growth in Colombia, and makes four recommendations that could shape future policy by national authorities, civil society organisations and foreign donors.