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Challenges for a Climate Compatible Development: How to strengthen agricultural, livestock and forestry public policies (2013)

 

This policy brief emerges from a process of analysis of the status and quality of the public policies on climate change and development in ten Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia, El Salvador and Paraguay. It suggests that policies generated should have quality in the design, be implemented effectively, and guarantee institutional strengthening, greater awareness through social communication, and political and social support, for achieving its goals. It observes that combing integrated climate policies to sectoral and macroeconomic policies from each country is necessary. This will help to prioritize the climate agenda and include a comprehensive global and regional approach. It also emphasizes the importance of working collaboratively between public and private institutions with a multilevel approach. These recommendations look to promote the legitimacy, sustainability and real impact of policies.

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April 12, 2013 | More on Agriculture, Civil Society, Food Security, Public Climate Change Policies, Publications, REDD+ | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, CDKN, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay | Comment

Report on the Status and Quality of Public Policies on Climate Change and Development in Latin America (2012)

 

This report analyses the present status of public policies on climate change and development in Latin America focusing on the agricultural, livestock and forestry sectors. As a result of a comparative analysis of 10 national reports conducted in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay; the Regional Report identifies and analyzes specific patterns and common characteristics from agendas and climate policies of the 10 countries related to their level of implementation, the institutional strength of organizations responsible for their implementation, integration with  development policies, public participation and political support. This is the English translation of the following report published originally in Spanish.

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April 11, 2013 | More on Agriculture, Food Security, Public Climate Change Policies, Publications, REDD+ | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, CDKN, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay | Comment

Introducing the GLOBE Climate Legislation Study 3rd Edition

 

January 14, 2013 | More on Public Climate Change Policies, video, youtube | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru | Comment

Political and Institutional Challenges facing Local Climate Change Policies: The experiences of Buenos Aires, Mexico City and São Paulo (2012)

 

During the last few years, Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Mexico DF, the three largest urban areas in Latin America, have taken steps in developing an institutional and policy framework to address climate change.  During the Rio + 20 summit, the mayors from these three cities signed a joint declaration in which they stressed that the local governments should take an active role in addressing climate change issues and made a series of commitments to generate a common agenda. Despite the relevance of these developments, climate change policies still face many political and institutional obstacles in these cities. This brief identifies four main challenges confronting reformist actors to advance climate change agendas at the local level, and proposes courses of actions to address these issues.

 

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January 10, 2013 | More on Adaptation, Cities, Public Climate Change Policies, Publications | Argentina, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Mexico, Mexico City, São Paulo | Comment

Preparation of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report includes 84 Latin American and Caribbean scientists

 

By Victoria Elmore* and Guy Edwards

Over the course of 2013 & 2014 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will publish its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5).  In 2007 the IPCC shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. Although there has been some recent controversy surrounding the IPCC, it remains the most authoritative and trusted international scientific body on climate change.

The following list, which is based on information available on the IPCC’s site, profiles all the Latin American and Caribbean scientists involved in the AR5. It is divided up into the three Working Groups and includes the name, country and institution of each scientist from the region. This list raises a number of interesting questions on the current state of investigation on climate change in the region, which we will try and address in another post soon.

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May 26, 2011 | More on The Science of Climate Change | Argentina, Cuba, Guatemala, IPCC, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru | Comment

An Incredible Gift

 

By Kelly Rogers*

Global natural gas supply provides incredible potential for a transportation revolution in Latin America, a message highlighted at an event in Cancun, co-hosted by the Worldwatch Institute and the International Gas Union.

According to BP, Latin America provides some 5.5% of the world’s natural gas and is estimated to hold at least 6% of its natural gas reserves.

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December 26, 2010 | More on Energy, International Climate Negotiations | Argentina, Brazil, Peru | Comment