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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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.

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Project : Assessing Quito's vulnerability to climate change

Using reliable and verifiable information, this project aims to assess the vulnerability of ecosystems, people and their livelihoods, within the city of Quito, Ecuador, to climate change. The information gathered will underpin an adaptation programme aimed at helping Quito become more resilient.

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5th August 2011
Climate, energy to dominate US-Latin American relations Since the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere, Arturo Valenzuela, resigned via Twitter last Friday, commentators have been debating who should replace him and whether this change presents an opportunity to alter the Obama administration’s policies in the region.
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14th July 2011
Green economies with social futures - a focus on the Caribbean The Rio +20 meeting in 2012 is an opportunity for global policy makers to review twenty years of action on Agenda 21 and what has been delivered. Thus far, the score-card is mixed; neither wholly positive nor wholly negative. Significant challenges lie ahead. Global food prices have escalated sharply and malnutrition is on the rise. While a recent report suggests that globally efforts to sharply reduce extreme poverty by 2015 are on track, hunger remains persistent. The triple effects of the global economic crisis i.e. the weakening of the insurance sector, lower demand for exports and reduced remittances have exposed the fragility of economies and households alike.
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11th July 2011
Mark Bynoe from the Caribbean Comunity Climate Change Center speaks about the threats of climate change in the region Mark Bynoe, from the Caribbean Community Center for Climate Change (CCCCC) talks about climate ch
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23rd June 2011
UN - Companies struggle with climate adaptation planning Companies are finding it difficult to fully incorporate measures of climate risks into their strategy and operations, according to a report by the UN Global Compact, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Oxfam and the World Resources Institute.
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7th June 2011
When pressure on cities leads to innovation The challenge for cities in a changing climate is: how to move beyond vulnerability to adaptation, and beyond adaptation to resilience? CDKN's Pati Leon and Caroline Spencer report from the Second Resilient Cities Congress
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Project : Development of an implementation plan for a regional framework for achieving development resilient to climate change

18 CARICOM leaders endorsed the Regional Framework for Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change in July

Feature
25th April 2011
CDKN Action Lab - videos of innovative prototypes now online Participants at the CDKN Action Lab developed a series of innovative prototype ideas for dealing with climate compatible development. Click here for a video summary of the Action Lab, and films of all the prototypes.
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13th April 2011
A city (almost) without cars Global Manager Isabela da Souza talks about how an efficient public transport system is beneficia
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21st March 2011
World Forestry Day reflections - what next for REDD+? World Forestry Day on 21 March allows us to reflect on the many and varied benefits of forests to communities around the world. In a guest blog, Kristy Graham of the Overseas Development Institute looks at how the Cancun Agreement on REDD+ sought to safeguard the multiple benefits of forests, and discusses the challenges of integrating forests and REDD+ into low-carbon development strategies.
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13th January 2011
In conversation with...James Painter, on media and climate change in Latin America James Painter, Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, discusses media coverage of climate change issues globally, with a particular focus on lessons for Latin America. He urges the media to embrace positive messages that encourage action on climate change.