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Editorial Newsletter #6
In view of the severe restrictions on public finances in developed countries, achieving a solution to the requests of developing countries for more definitive commitments and more specific figures for climate finance continues to be a challenge.
Impact of Climate Change on Drought and Land Degradation
This section integrates the perspectives from two documents [i.e. Magrin et al. 2007 and IPCC 2012] published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the impacts of climate extremes on the problem of Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) in Latin America region and its adaptation and vulnerability to the underlying processes.
Economic and Social Impacts
The available evidence reveals that climate change has economic and social consequences on biodiversity and, in general, on the well-being of the population, and will be one of the key factors in the style of development during the 21st century (IPCC, 2007; Stern, 2007).
Interview with Lina Pohl
Interview with Lina Pohl
Deputy Minister of the Environment and
Natural Resources in El Salvador
Financing Climate Action: EU approaches
Financing climate action: EU approaches
Stefan Agne, European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action,
Jan Karremans, EUROCLIMA Technical Assistance
First Latin American and Caribbean Dialogue on Climate Finance
From 2 to 4 May 2012, representatives from 26 countries met in Tela, Honduras, to debate the best options for the effective management of climate finances.
Busan Building Block
On June 18 2012, at the Rio Centre facilities, Rio de Janeiro-Brazil, Honduras was hosting a parallel event in order to offer participants at the United Nations Conference for Sustainable Development Rio+20 a clearer scenario of what we are developing as a country and as a block within the framework of the development effectiveness processes.
Interview with Mr. Jose Luis Samaniego
Interview with Mr. Joseluis Samaniego
Director of the Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Water Resources in Latin America
The region of Latin America represents one of the most significant sources of renewable water in the world, accounting for some 30% of the global total. The spatial distribution of water resources, however, varies considerably across the continent.
“Mapping of Actors” in the water sector in Latin America
RALCEA (the Latin American Network of Centres of Excellence in the Water Sector) is a bridge between institutional actors (Focal Points as liaisons and as representatives of governments) and Centres of Excellence for the development of processes to strengthen capabilities and knowledge for sustainable, equitable and efficient management of water resources.
Water Balance in Latin America
Within the context of the EUROCLIMA and RALCEA programmes of the European Union and Latin America, a platform has been established for the exchange of knowledge and the generation of synergies among specialists belonging to a range of Latin American institutions dealing with hydrology and water resources.
Water Quality and Sanitation
Although access to water in Latin America is generalized, distribution is highly variable and problems with water quality and sanitation have seriously increased over the last 30 years. This is the result of the region’s important industrial and agricultural development, which has not gone hand-in-hand with pertinent water quality and sanitation policies.
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Interview with Ms. Jolita Butkevičienė
Interview with Ms. Jolita Butkevičienė
Director Latin America and Caribbean,
Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid,
European Commission
Key Outcomes of the Durban Climate Change Conference
Key Outcomes of the Durban Climate Change Conference
Artur Runge-Metzger and Stefan Agne
Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Consequences of COP17 for Latin America: the Vision of 7 EUROCLIMA Participating Countries
Consequences of COP17 for Latin America: the Vision of 7 EUROCLIMA participating countries
Jan Karremans, EUROCLIMA Technical Assistance Director
Soils, desertification and drought in Latin America
Over the last decades, increased pressure on the environment has globally led to non-adapted land management in order to keep up with food and consumption demands and in order to carry on making the best economic profit mostly neglecting that same environment counted on to provide these services.