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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20th August 2014
Infographic : How adaptation to climate change can reduce risk for small islands The following infographic illustrates how adaptation to climate change can reduce risk for small islands. It has been created as part of the toolkit accompanying What's in it for Small Island Developing States and is intended to encourage understanding and discussion of the report worldwide.
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20th August 2014
What's in it for Small Island Developing States This report, What’s in it for Small Island Developing States, presents key recommendations from the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, extracting Small Island Developing States-specific data, trends and analysis directly from AR5, summarising it in a short volume to make it accessible to all audiences.
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20th August 2014
Infographic : Impact of climate change on Small Island Developing States The following infographic illustrates climate change impacts on small islands. It has been created as part of the toolkit accompanying What's in it for Small Island Developing States and is intended to encourage understanding and discussion of the report worldwide.
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15th August 2014
Report : Monitoring the climate change impacts of urban agriculture in Rosario, Argentina This paper, Monitoring the Climate Change Impacts of Urban Agriculture in Rosario, Argentina, examines the city’s urban agriculture programme, the contribution of green areas to reducing the Urban Heat Island, the transportation and conservation of food and the effects of UPA on run-off and infiltration of storm water.
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12th August 2014
Report : Financing Pathways for Low Emissions and Climate Resilient Development This report, Financing Pathways for Low Emissions and Climate Resilient Development, identifies emerging issues that may influence a National Financing Pathways and considers different frameworks and tools to develop such pathways.
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11th August 2014
The case for recognising the role of culture in reducing disaster risk Lisa Schipper sets out the case for greater recognition of culture as a key driver of both risks to natural hazards and solutions to reducing risk. In this guest blog, she says culture should be reflected in the new international disaster reduction agreement, the HFA2.
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8th August 2014
Tackling climate change is crucial for achieving sustainable development goals in Latin America Mathieu Lacoste and Helen Picot of CDKN report on a lively Latin American dialogue they organised in Bogota, Colombia to explore the integration of climate change issues in the post-2015 sustainable development framework.
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5th August 2014
Policy Brief : Establishing reciprocal agreements for water and biodiversity conservation through a social marketing campaign in Quanda Watershed, Peru This paper, Establishing reciprocal agreements for water and biodiversity conservation through a social marketing campaign in Quanda Watershed, Peru, looks at how the Pride campaign, based on Rare’s methods, was established to generate local buy-in and accelerate the process of institution-building and adoption of Reciprocal Water Agreements.
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30th July 2014
Policy Brief : Climate change adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers in the Brazilian Sertão This paper, Climate change adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers in the Brazilian Sertão, examines the drivers of climate vulnerability of the Bacia do Jacuípe in relation to the rest of Bahía.
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30th July 2014
Policy Brief : An integrated approach to family farmer adaptation in Brazil’s semi-arid region This policy brief, An integrated approach to family farmer adaptation in Brazil’s semi-arid region: the case of Adapta Sertão, look at how, through Adapta Sertão, small farmers in one of Brazil’s semi-arid regions were helped to increase their yields, find markets to sell their crops and access micro-credit to buy productive technology – making them more resilient in the face of a fast-changing climate.
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29th July 2014
Policy Brief : Opportunities for triple-wins development in coastal Belize This briefing paper, Opportunities for triple-wins development in coastal Belize, examines key actions underway to promote at Mangrove conservation and restoration along the Placencia Lagoon, Belize
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29th July 2014
Policy Brief : An investigation of the evidence of benefits from climate compatible development This paper, An investigation of the evidence of benefits from climate compatible development, assesses evidence of ‘triple wins’ on the ground, and the feasibility of triple wins that do not generate negative impacts.