A guide to assist UN Country Teams in integrating climate change risks and opportunities and mainstream Climate Change in National Development Processes and UN Country Programming. Download. 

A guide to assist UN Country Teams in integrating climate change risks and opportunities and mainstream Climate Change in National Development Processes and UN Country Programming. Download. 

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) conducted a multisectoral public opinion survey in five Latin American cities Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City and São Paulo to better understand the way citizens perceive the quality of life, the needs of urban infrastructure and the standards of public services. Download.

Main findings from the 5 regional expert dialogues conducted by The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) in 2013. Download. 

CRiSTAL stands for “Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods.” CRiSTAL helps users to identify livelihood resources most important to climate adaptation (i.e., adaptation to climate variability and change) and uses these as a basis for designing adaptation strategies. Download.

CRiSTAL Seguridad Alimentaria 2.0 es una herramienta para la identificación comunitaria de riesgos: adaptación y medios de vida con un enfoque en la resiliencia del sistema alimentario. Descargar la Herramienta y el Manual de Usuario. 

European Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, will today announce new EU support of €2.5 billion for Latin America for the years 2014 to 2020 (including funding for regional programmes, and for the bilateral envelopes to the eligible countries).

The main objective of this publication is to document the current state of urban climate change adaptation practice in Latin America based on the experience of six large Latin American cities (Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City, São Paulo and Santiago). Download. 

El Sr. José González y González de la Dirección General Desarrollo y Cooperación - EuropeAid de la Comisión Europea presentó la cooperación de la Unión Europea con América Latina y el Caribe en materia de cambio climático durante el XIX Foro de Ministros de Medio Ambiente que tuvo lugar en Los Cabos, México los días 11-14 de marzo. La presentación abordó la situación actual de dicha cooperación y las perspectivas en el marco de la programación multianual 2014 - 2020.

The Technical Assistance of EUROCLIMA is elaborating a review of adaptation and mitigation measures of “no regrets” and/or with co-benefits in cooperation with ECLAC. 

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) works together with the Technical Assistance to implement Component 2: Adaptation and mitigation “no-regrets” measures.

ECLAC's Objetive: Designs and provides a set of public policy measures of “no-regrets” and/or with co-benefits for adaptation and mitigation, to address the problem of climate change and to implement them in Latin America (Result 2).

The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC), through the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), works together with IICA in the implementation of Component 3: Sustainable Agriculture, food security and climate change.

JRC's Objetive: Disseminates and deepens knowledge on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) and applies bio-physical and bio-economic models for agricultural systems and policy analysis for Latin America (Result 3).

The Unit for Regional Programmes Latin American and Caribbean of the European Commission’s Directorate–General Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid is responsible for the management of the EUROCLIMA programme. The Technical Assistance supports the European Commission with the coordination and visibility of the Programme, and works together with PNUMA and ECLAC in the implementation of Components 1 (EU-Latin American policy dialogue on climate change) and 2 (Adaptation and mitigation “no-regrets” measures).

EuropeAid's Objetive: Promotes information exchange on climate change (Result 1), it contributes with the identification of adaptation and mitigation measures of “no-regrets” and/or with co-benefits, and is responsible for developing plans for the implementation of these measures through pilot cases (Result 2).

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) works together with JRC in the implementation of Component 3: Sustinable Agriculture, food security and climate change.

IICA's Objective: Reinforces the  agricultural sector’s capacity in Latin America to adapt this sector to climate change and to mitigate its effects and therefore contribute to food security in the region (Result 3).

The United Nations Programme (PNUMA), through its Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean (ROLAC) works together with EuropeAid and the Technical Assistance in the implementation of Component 1: EU - Latin American policy dialogue on climate change.  

UNEP's Objective: Support high-level policy dialogue and promotes national climate change debate and legislation, enhances the role of civil society and raises public awareness about the topic (Result 1).

EUROCLIMA Brochure

EUROCLIMA's brochure presents the objectives, actions and main actors of the programme in its second phase (2014 -2016).

The objective of the second phase of EUROCLIMA is to facilitate the integration of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and measures into Latin American public development policies and plans.

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Cooperaration between France and Latin America. Download (in Spanish).

Con el apoyo del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y elffondo Nórdico de Desarrollo (NDF), el Consejo Nacional de Energía y LAGEO, en el marco del proyecto “Programa Regional de Entrenamiento Geotérmico”, la Universidad de El Salvador Facultad de Ingeniería y Arquitectura convoca a los interesados a participar en la cuarta edición del: DIPLOMADO DE ESPECIALIZACIÓN EN GEOTERMIA.

EUROCLIMA General Brochure, second phase (2014 -2016). Download in English, Spanish, Portuguese or French.

EUROCLIMA Poster: Results up to 2013 [Prepared in February 2014]. Download in English or Spanish.