Latin America and the Caribbean

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean:

Projects
70
Resources
92
Stories
118
Resource
8th December 2011
INSIDE STORY: Climate compatible development at the regional level in Mexico - The Yucatan Peninsula Accord This Inside Story looks at the Yucatan Peninsula Accord, which is one of the first regional climate accord at the sub-national level in Mexico.
News
7th December 2011
Update on loss and damage from CoP-17 CDKN's Coordinator for South Asia, Kashmala Kakakhel, reports from Durban on a new agreement on loss and damage from the Subsidiary Body for Implementation.
Resource
2nd December 2011
CDKN in conversation with...Rene Orellana, Head of the Bolivian Delegation at CoP-17 Bolivia at the climate change negotiations in Durban – Rene Orellana, Head of Delegation, talks about the priority outcomes Bolivia expects from the Conference in Durban, and presents some initiatives that the country is bringing to CoP-17.
News
1st December 2011
CDKN reports live from CoP-17 Hear live from CDKN's staff at CoP-17, with our feed reporting direct from the conference in Durban.
Feature
29th November 2011
Durban bound - CDKN's pre-CoP newsletter Read CDKN's pre-Durban newsletter, setting out our presence at the conference and our most recent resources on the negotiations, and find out how to follow us at CoP-17.
Resource
25th November 2011
POLICY BRIEF: A plan to achieve development resilient to climate change in the Caribbean The CARICOM countries have worked together to form an implementation plan to deliver the strategic elements and goals of a regional framework which was developed from an urgent political commitment to manage the effects of climate change on development.
Feature
24th November 2011
Development and Climate days film festival – see the shortlist Watch the films shortlisted for the IIED's Development and Climate Days film festival, sponsored by CDKN.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Advancing climate compatible development for food security through the implementation of national climate change strategies

The key project goal was to assist policymakers in developing countries to optimally harness climate finance for food

News
22nd September 2011
users' guide to climate planning tools A new, interactive users' guide to tools for climate and development planning has just been launched by Ecofys and the Institute of Development Studies, with the support of CDKN.
Feature
6th September 2011
Support announced for Least Developed Country voices in global climate talks 6 September, 2011 - Today UK Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell MP announces the launch of a UK government initiative to support Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to have a better say in international climate talks. The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) will manage this negotiations support fund: the climate window of the Advocacy Fund.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Promoting climate change adaptation policies - a pilot approach from semi-arid northeast Brazil

CDKN's Action Lab Innovation Fund is supporting a project entitled "Promoting climate change adaptation policies through the integration of multi-stakeholder dialogues and research-led initiatives – a pilot approach from the semi-arid region of northeast Brazil."

Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Climate change planning in El Salvador - responding to climate risks

The Government of El Salvador, with support from CDKN, is developing a National Climate Change Strategy.