Latin America and the Caribbean

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean:

Projects
70
Resources
92
Stories
119
Completed
Project
Completed
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.
Feature
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.
Feature
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.
Resource
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.
Resource
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.
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30th June 2016
INSIDE STORY:  Climate change and flood risk - Challenges for Jamaican towns and communities Jamaica faces increased flooding as a result of climate change. Jamaica's development planners can take climate-smart actions - as this new 'Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development' describes.
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24th June 2016
GUIDE: The politics of climate change at the city level - Insights from a comparative study of Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Mexico City This Guide summarises the findings of a CDKN-supported research project by the Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN, Environment and Natural Resources Foundation), Argentina, into the politics of climate-related decision-making in three Latin American mega-cities: Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Mexico City.
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20th June 2016
ESSENTIAL: Trouble in paradise - New initiative transforms tourism in Belize and its threat to the environment Climate change is impacting on tourism and fisheries and the livelihoods of those depend on these sectors. Better communication and inclusive policy-making can help to safeguard jobs and protect the environment.