Latin America and the Caribbean

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean:

Projects
70
Resources
92
Stories
118
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7th January 2015
A new look at La Paz Sam Bickersteth, CDKN's Chief Executive, finds promise in the 'green shoots' of city-level climate action in Bolivia, which could catalyse broader moves toward sustainability.
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27th December 2014
Gender equality's a 'must' for climate compatible development to succeed Virginie LeMasson of CDKN assesses progress on gender issues at COP20 in Lima and argues that gender equality must be a cornerstone of climate compatible development.
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Project
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Project : Identifying energy efficiency measures for businesses in Peru

Peru’s high rate of economic growth has led to a substantial increase in total energy consumption, which is expected to continue to rise in the future. In the short term, this could lead to potential deficits in electricity supply as generation capacity struggles to keep pace with demand. This poses a danger to economic growth and business competitiveness if shortages lead to operational disruptions or additional costs to guarantee energy supply.

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16th December 2014
Developing countries secure some last minute concessions in Lima; but can a deal without ambition really be fair? The UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in Lima, Peru leaves us wondering if global ambition to tackle climate change will ever be high enough to avoid many of the catastrophic impacts of a changing climate. If the UNFCCC is to deliver this, then 2015 will need to be an exceptionally productive year. CDKN’s Sam Bickersteth, Kiran Sura and Chris Webb report.
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13th December 2014
Water scarcity is a danger sign – time to innovate, and fast Freshwater is under acute pressure from climate change in North Africa and the Caribbean, COP20 delegates heard on Wednesday. Experts from countries as diverse as Algeria and Belize urged visionary leadership from politicians to protect natural resources, reports CDKN's Mairi Dupar from Lima, Peru.
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12th December 2014
Amazon alert The Amazon region’s environmental problems may seem intractable. However, the Amazon Security coalition presents a new framing of the problems that could capture political attention, delegates hear at COP20 in Lima, Peru.
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10th December 2014
Mapping a low-carbon future Leaders of the Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) programmes in Peru, Chile, Colombia and Brazil talk about what really happens when stakeholders get around the table to propose mitigation options.
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2nd December 2014
COP20 pulsing with promise In this blog, Pippa Heylings gives us a taste of the contagious 'Latin Effect' that is palpable for all delegates and participants as they arrive in Lima for COP20 – that lifts us all with a sense of promise.
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24th November 2014
INDCs – what existing building blocks can developing countries use? Helen Picot, Kiran Sura and Christopher Webb of CDKN argue that many developing countries have solid foundations on which to develop their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) for presentation to the UNFCCC.
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20th November 2014
What's in it for Latin America This report, What’s in it for Latin America? presents key recommendations from the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, extracting Latin America-specific data, trends and analysis directly from report, summarising it in a short volume to make it accessible to all audiences.
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5th November 2014
The seed of change Mathieu Lacoste, CDKN Latin America, looks at the potential of young people to build the resilience of their communities to climate shocks, and how they should be factored into policies of the future.
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26th October 2014
Readers spread the word on the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report Anna Hickman, communications consultant with CDKN, looks at the results of CDKN's outreach - including its communications toolkit - on the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report.