Intercambio Climático | A unique initiative which aims to generate answers from Latin America on the global problem of climate change.

Latin America’s aviation sector takes off in threatening climate

By Suzy Mage and Guy Edwards

Chile’s LAN airline recently took over Brazil’s TAM, creating LATAM – the world’s second largest airline by market value. This merger reflects the impressive growth in Latin America’s aviation sector which is expected to see air passenger numbers almost triple by 2030. Given the rapid rise of aviation’s contribution to global carbon emissions, the connection between air travel and climate change in Latin America and other developing regions cannot be ignored.

November 9, 2012 | More on Renewable Energy, Trade & Commerce, Transport | Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Emissions, México | Comment

An open letter to Obama from the world’s poorest countries

Timmons Roberts

This letter was originally published on the Guardian’s website by Pa Ousman Jarju who chairs the Least Developed Countries group at the UN climate change negotiations.

November 8, 2012 | More on Adaptation, International Climate Negotiations, Natural Disasters | Haiti | Comment

High level Latin American officials and experts debate climate change policies at regional forum

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More than 40 high level officials and experts from various Latin American countries met in Lima this month to debate the importance of public policies on climate change in the region, with a particular focus on the agricultural and forestry sectors, using as its basis a report prepared by the Latin American Platform on Climate.

October 16, 2012 | More on Public Climate Change Policies | Bolivia, CDKN, Colombia, Peru | Comment

“We are sinking” and “no-agreement-text”- What is the relation between both ideas?

Mónica López Baltodano

Following the global climate negotiations at the Bangkok intersessional meeting in September 2012, many questions are being asked in preparation for COP18 in Doha. Can we find any logical relationship between developed countries’ claims that this was an informal session, meaning “no-negotiation-text” was required as a result of Bangkok, while we read there is a major shrinking of the Arctic sea ice?

October 4, 2012 | More on International Climate Negotiations | COP18 | Comment

A global climate pact requires negotiators to listen to each other

Enrique Maurtua Konstantinidis

For many years now, climate change negotiations are not delivering what the world needs in order to stay below an increase of 2ºC. The influence of inaction and lack of ambition or compromise from developed countries means new big emitters are not willing to move forward.

October 4, 2012 | More on International Climate Negotiations | COP18 | Comment

Could Ecuador play a more pivotal role on climate change within ALBA?

Guy Edwards

By Guy Edwards and Susanna Mage*

In an op-ed in The New York Times, Anita Isaacs suggests that Ecuador’s decision to grant WikiLeak’s founder, Julian Assange, asylum has little to do with UK-Ecuadorian relations or human rights. Ms. Isaacs argues that Ecuador’s President, Rafael Correa, is trying to bolster domestic support in the run up to a presidential election, antagonize the U.S., and position himself as a potential contender for the leadership of Latin America’s Left, given the declining health of Venezuelan President, Hugo Chávez.

September 4, 2012 | More on International Climate Negotiations | ALBA, Bolivia, COP15, COP18, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Venezuela | Comment

The Petersberg Climate Dialogue: looking for progress ahead of Qatar

Osver Polo Carrasco

The Petersberg Climate Dialogue is a space where Ministers from around the world can come together to participate in the international climate negotiations in support of the UNFCCC.

Supported by the German and Mexican governments, the dialogue was launched in 2010 with the goal of restoring the confidence that had been lost in the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen, as well as to prepare for the COP16 in Cancun. Germany has been particularly active in driving forward the dialogue.

The objective of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue is to contribute to the United Nations climate negotiations without any whole or partial attempt to substitute them. The Dialogue is an informal exchange of opinions between countries looking for key leverage points in the negotiations in order to strengthen trust between countries to push the negotiations forward.

August 20, 2012 | More on International Climate Negotiations | Brasil, COP18, Ecuador, Germany | Comment

Call for expressions of interest: State of the art public policies workshop in Lima

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The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) aims to help decision-makers in developing countries design and deliver climate compatible development. CDKN does this by providing demand-led research and technical assistance, and channeling the best available knowledge on climate change and development to support policy processes at the country level.

August 7, 2012 | More on Civil Society, Public Climate Change Policies | CDKN, Peru | Comment

Climate change policies struggle to break into development plans in Latin America

Pablo Larco

Coordination is weak between public policies on climate change and development planning in Latin America, said Manuel Rodríguez-Becerra, ex Minister of Environment of Colombia, during the Latin American Platform on Climate (LAPC) side event at the Río+20 Conference.

July 25, 2012 | More on Public Climate Change Policies | Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela | Comment

Payments for Environmental Services: conceptually flawed, data hungry, expensive, and inappropriate in much of the developing world

Nigel Asquith

Payments for environmental services (PES) is a theoretical marvel. Experiences from around the world, however, suggest that PES can be an inappropriate strategy in many countries, and can lead practitioners into a series of intellectual and financial dead-ends.

June 28, 2012 | More on Amazon, REDD+ | Bolivia | Comment

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