Latin America and the Caribbean

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Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean:

Projects
70
Resources
92
Stories
117
Resource
27th November 2012
Outlook news: Project news from CDKN around the world CDKN’s quarterly newsletter ‘Climate and Development Outlook’ provides information on CDKN’s projects and shows the work that’s underway to deliver climate compatible development in countries around the world.
Resource
27th November 2012
CDKN pocket guide A pocket-guide to CDKN. This publication provides a brief overview of CDKN and it's work.
Event
26th November 2012
COP18 - Join CDKN side events in Doha Please join us in person, or follow our events on our website and Twitter as CoP18 unfolds. CDKN will be supporting and participating in several events – we’d love to see you there, or at our display stand in the official exhibition area.
Resource
15th November 2012
REPORT: Climate & Development Research Review The Climate & Development Research Review highlights key trends in a growing body of research on the links between climate change and development.
News
8th November 2012
Greater diversity the best way to gain climate consensus Mairi Dupar reports the outcome of lively debate hosted by PwC and CDKN on “Is international consensus on climate change the way to save the planet?”
Feature
2nd November 2012
Renewable Energy - Made in Brazil The wind energy sector was incentivized through a feed-in-tariff, in 2005, which was changed into an auction program in 2009. The main change here was that the feed-in-tariff guaranteed a fixed price, which power producers receive for twenty years in the future...
Resource
1st November 2012
SREX: Lessons for Latin America & the Caribbean This brief, SREX: Lessons for Latin America and the Caribbean, summarises the key findings of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) relevant to Latin America and the Caribbean.
News
29th October 2012
Register now for workshop on UNFCCC negotiations (20-22 Nov 2012, Doha) The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is inviting representatives from United Nations Member States to participate in a workshop on Negotiating effectively under the UNFCCC, to take place in Doha from the 20 to 22 November 2012.
Event
28th October 2012
Join the dialogue - Climate change consensus building 2012 Join the live webcast - Is consensus in international climate change talks the way to save the planet?
Feature
28th October 2012
Why we need farming and forests in our cities In the wake of the catastrophic damage inflicted on cities by Hurricane Sandy and other recent extreme weather events, Ir. Henk de Zeeuw, Senior Advisor, International Network of Resource centres on Urban Agriculture and Food security (RUAF Foundation) calls for increased urban forestry and agriculture to increase cities’ resilience to climate change.
Resource
28th October 2012
An introduction to CDKN 2012: the brochure The CDKN brochure introduces the CDKN network, mission and services. It addresses each of CDKN's key strategic themes: 1) climate compatible development strategies and plans, 2) improving developing countries’ access to climate finance, 3) strengthening resilience through climate-related disaster risk management and 4) supporting climate negotiators from the least developed and most vulnerable countries.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : GLOBE Climate Legislators Initiative - Phase 1

The GLOBE Climate Legislators (GCLI) is dedicated to advancing the legislative response to climate change in 33 key countries and by doing so to help create the political conditions for success in the UNFCCC negotiations under the Durban Platform.