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
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5th July 2012
In conversation with Dr. Vandana Shiva, philosopher and environmental activist In conversation with Dr. Vandana Shiva – philosopher and environmental activist. Dr. Shiva explains how the Yasuni Initiative in Ecuador provides a wake up call for all countries of the Amazon, encouraging them to embrace and safeguard its biodiversity.
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4th July 2012
Climate Vulnerability Forum side event Members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum share their thoughts on the role of the forum and the priorities of its members going forward.
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4th July 2012
CDKN side event - Mainstreaming climate change into urban planning The side event showcases some of the project CDKN is currently involved in, including presentations on the situation currently facing Cartagena, Colombia and why climate compatible development is so important to the city. An example from Brazil of what can happen when there is insufficient disaster risk reduction mechanisms in place and how Buenos Aires, Mexico City and São Paulo are working together to promote leadership and climate citizenship.
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29th June 2012
INSIDE STORY: Strengthening climate resilience - the case of Grenada This Inside Story describes how Grenada is a highly climate-vulnerable Small Island Developing State is using its Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) to set the country on a path to mainstream climate resilient poverty reduction and sustainable development, through multilateral finance and technical support.
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28th June 2012
Anguilla moves towards cleaner energy CDKN's Carolyn Fry caught up with Beth Barry, Coordinator of the Anguilla Renewable Energy Office, to find out more about the CDKN supported initiative to help Anguilla move towards solar energy.
News
23rd June 2012
CDKN in Rio - learn about our events, publications and partnership activities Join CDKN at its events in Rio or watch us online - and get involved with some of our partnership activities.
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19th June 2012
Seduced by disaster insurance? Don't dive in In this blog CDKN's Tom Mitchell explores the problems with over reliance on disaster insurance and risk transfer.
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13th June 2012
Brochura de la Aliança Clima e Desenvolvimento 2011 Brochura CDKN em Português
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20th May 2012
Bringing climate change disaster planning into the boardroom CDKN launches its new report ‘Tackling Exposure; Placing Disaster Risk Management at the Heart of National Economic and Fiscal Policy’ at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Addis Ababa on Thursday 9 May.
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17th May 2012
exploring the theme of multi-level governance for urban adaptation How to integrate local and national efforts for adaptation? Reporting from the Resilient Cities Congress in Bonn, Patricia León explores some examples of how urban and national authorities can cooperate for successful climate compatible development.
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Project : Knowledge brokers collaboration - Connecting climate journalists in Latin America

This project aims to foster the creation of a global network of journalists and media organisations in the developing world that are capable of reporting on climate-change adaptation and other aspects of environmental finance for both a general and specialised audience.

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Project : Knowledge brokers collaboration - The InfoAmazonia GeoJournalism project

The InfoAmazonia GeoJournalism Platform builds on existing simple yet effective mapping and visualisation technologies, such as Google Earth, to help journalists and other knowledge brokers increase the Latin American public’s awareness about climate and development issues in the Amazon region.