Latin America and the Caribbean

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean:

Projects
70
Resources
92
Stories
118
Feature
23rd April 2013
Overcoming Institutional Instability in Cartagena de Indias There are elements in Cartagena that indicate that climate change, its challenges, and its opportunities are not at the mercy of the power of a new mayor.
Resource
23rd April 2013
REPORT: Climate resilience and disaster risk management CDKN, in collaboration with partners across Asia, Africa and Latin America, is pleased to announce a new publication on Climate resilience and disaster risk management. It presents recent results from CDKN-supported projects to assess vulnerability and mainstream climate resilience into development planning.
Feature
23rd April 2013
Creating a roadmap for renewable energy A project in Central America aims to build on the region’s foundations as a global leader in renewable energy, help it reduce its growing reliance on fossil fuels and improve its sustainability. CDKN’s Carolyn Fry interviews Adam Dolezal of the Worldwatch Institute about findings from the project’s first phase.
Feature
19th April 2013
Climate change and transport sector in Colombia (I) Climate change will affect transportation primarily through increases in several types of weather and climate extremes such as very hot days; intense precipitation events; intense hurricanes; drought; and rising sea levels, coupled with storm surges and land subsidence.
Feature
12th April 2013
Climate compatible development in Colombia - Interview with Claudia Martínez Ex vice minister of environment and Country Engagement Leader of CDKN in Colombia, was recently interviewed by El Tiempo newspaper. She explains the importance of climate change adaptation and its relation with climate compatible development
Feature
12th April 2013
How to strengthen agricultural, livestock and forestry public policies (2013) The brief suggests that the policies generated should have quality in the design, be implemented effectively, and guarantee institutional strengthening, greater awareness through social communication, and political and social support, for achieving its goals.
Resource
25th March 2013
Inside Story : Building resilience to climate change through indigenous knowledge - the case of Bolivia The increasing incidence of extreme weather events and disasters calls for new partnerships between indigenous people and the scientific community – an area where Bolivia could lead the way
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Project : Journalism research on climate change and development in Latin America

This initiative arose from the need to incorporate issues related to climate compatible development in the Caribbean, in order to raise awareness and publicise not only the threats but also the opportunities that climate change may bring.

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Completed
Project : Exploring local access to the Green Climate Fund (GCF)

The objective of this project is to ensure that the Green Climate Fund is directly accessible to sub-national stakeholders, including local authorities, civil society organisations and knowledge institutions, in order for them to design and implement sustainable adaptation strategies.

Feature
8th March 2013
An introduction to the CFAS recommended reading Sven Harmeling of Germanwatch introduces the Climate Finance Advisory Service’s ‘Recommended reading guide’ to topical issues in climate finance, and invites readers to contribute their ideas.
Feature
8th March 2013
Climate finance advisory service - policy briefs As part of it's service, CFAS will be producing a series of policy briefs on any topics that are large or complex enough to warrant a detailed review.
Resource
8th March 2013
POLICY BRIEF: Towards the Fifth Review of the UNFCCC’s Financial Mechanism CDKN's new policy brief, and the first from the Climate Finance Advisory Service, concerns the Fifth Review of the UNFCCC's Financial Mechanism and is targeted at the climate finance community.