Latin America and the Caribbean

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean:

Projects
70
Resources
92
Stories
118
News
19th September 2016
Countries put a price tag on implementing their national climate commitments In the third set of video interviews from CDKN’s South-South Learning Exchange on bankable project development, two international experts – CDKN’s Ari Huhtala and the UNFCCC’s Miki Higashi – talk about the finance and project development opportunities presented by the Paris climate agreement, while Veronica Villena of Peru’s Ministry of Environment provides insight on the realities of climate policy development and financing at the national level.
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Project : Catalysing small and medium sized enterprises energy efficiency in Peru

This project will develop a channel for investment by increasing the capacity of key actors to catalyse the energy efficiency of SMEs in Peru.

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Project : Incorporating climate change in the political agenda of the presidential candidates in Peru

The project’s aims were to increase awareness and improve the understanding of teams working with Peruvian presidential candidates on climate change issues.

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Project : Analysis of the role and potential contribution of regional territories to the achievement of Peru’s NDC

In the context of Peru's NDC, this project seeks to identify and analyse what actions and policies are being implemented at local and regional levels.

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10th August 2016
Public learning - Harnessing the power of exhibitions for transformative change What happens when ordinary citizens are confronted with images that are either deeply familiar or unfamiliar to their everyday life and experience of urban risk? When and how does such learning of the city have the potential to trigger transformative change? Adriana Allen reports from Lima, Peru.
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8th August 2016
Learning about urban risk In Latin America’s urban environment, how do we discover hidden everyday risks and learn who is affected where, and why? How do we come to grips with the ways in which climate variability can increase the frequency and damaging impacts of small episodic disasters, such as mudslides and floods? Professor Adriana Allen of University College London explores these questions, and more.
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5th August 2016
The Water-Energy-Food nexus: Insights from Amazonia Helen Bellfield and David Sabogal of the Global Canopy Programme look at how human needs for water, food and energy create a nexus of demands on natural resources in Amazonia and they draw lessons from the CDKN-backed Amazonia Security Agenda project.
Resource
4th August 2016
POLICY BRIEF: Improving sustainable commodity supply chains in Amazonia This policy brief looks at new methods of decoupling the agricultural commodity supply chains from deforestation in Amazonia.
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4th August 2016
POLICY BRIEF: Amazonia security agenda This policy brief assesses the Amazonia security agenda and policy coherence in Brazil, Colombia and Peru using a water-energy-food nexus approach.
Feature
27th July 2016
Climate compatible development starts with finding the right partners Alice Reil of ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability rounds up lively discussions about 'how to make climate compatible development happen' at local and city level from the Resilient Cities 2016 congress and CDKN-ICLEI learning programme.
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30th June 2016
INSIDE STORY: Opportunities for climate compatible coastal tourism - Lessons from Belize Coastal tourism is an engine for Belize's economy, but faces grave threats from climate change. A CDKN-supported project used visual techniques including an interactive map to raise these stakeholders’ awareness of climate vulnerability and to deliberate solutions to the problem. This new 'Inside Story' tells how the team did it - and celebrates the achievement of policy results.
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30th June 2016
ESSENTIAL: Sustainable land use in Quito to safeguard vulnerable communities from floods, droughts and fires Low income communities in the hills surrounding Quito, Ecuador live under constant threat from landslides, droughts and wildfires; climate change makes the situation worse. A CDKN project with the Municipal Government of Quito and Ecopar Corporation made the case for restoring local ecosystems to protect communities - as this "Essential" briefing describes.