The first ever comprehensive overview of the soils of Latin America and the Caribbean elaborated by the JRC, in the framework of the EUOCLIMA programme, has been published today.

The International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) will convene its next Training Course on Emissions Trading in Santiago, Chile, from 5 to 14 May 2014. Participation is open to applicants from countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Application deadline is 17 February 2014.

This paper reviews the laws and institutional frameworks that protect Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in 1992, based on access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Download (only in Spanish).  

Executive Summary of the II Regional Dialogue on Climate Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean held in San Salvador on 29 and 30 July 2013. Download (in Spanish).  

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The Humboldt Foundation is offering 20 fellowships for young climate experts from transition and developing countries interested in conducting a project in the field of climate protection in Germany.

Inventory Best Practices for Adaptation to Climate Change in Rural Latin America: Options and Lessons from the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach

This summary sets out the main ideas that are considered in the inventory of adaptation to climate change measures, used by 55 projects in EUROCLIMA’s participating countries. The inventory is organised in such a way that usage and spatial management levels are linked with rural community’s resources, providing thereby sets of adaptation measures relevant to local livelihoods, instead of isolated and unrelated options.

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Thematic Studies 1: Climate Change and Risk Management: Vulnerability Analysis of Coastal Marine Infrastructures in Latin America (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Thematic Studies 2: Indicators for Planning and Monitoring the Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in Latin America (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Thematic Studies 3: Climate Change and Soil Degradation in Latin America: Scenarios, Policies and Responses (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Thematic Studies 5: Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in urban areas in Latin America: tools and successful experiences (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Methodological guide: Climate Change and Soil Degradation in Latin America: Scenarios, Policies and Responses

This summary sets out the main ideas that are covered in this Guide. The purpose of this publication aimed at estimating soil degradation in Latin America and to analyze scenarios and vulnerabilities to climate
change in the field of soil degradation. Furthermore, it presents an inventory by country of relevant development policies, plans and instruments and an inventory of measures to counter soil degradation caused by climate change.

Summary in Spanish. Summary in English. Summary in Portuguese. 

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Thematic Studies 1: Climate Change and Risk Management: Vulnerability Analysis of Coastal Marine Infrastructures in Latin America (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Thematic Studies 2: Indicators for Planning and Monitoring the Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in Latin America (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Thematic Studies 4: Best Practices for Adaptation to Climate Change in Rural Latin America: Options and Lessons from the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Thematic Studies 5: Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in urban areas in Latin America: tools and successful experiences (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Inventory and tool: Indicators for Planning and Monitoring the Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in Latin America

This summary sets out the main ideas that are covered in this Inventory and Tool. In the publication, key management and impact indicators are developed for adaptation to climate change measures, which will facilitate
the design and monitoring of National Adaptation Plans. Based on the indicators, a tool is presented that will allow assessment of the adaptive capacity to climate change, in accordance with spatial scales that go from national to local.

Summary in Spanish. Summary in English. Summary in Portuguese. 

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Thematic Studies 1: Climate Change and Risk Management: Vulnerability Analysis of Coastal Marine Infrastructures in Latin America (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Thematic Studies 3: Climate Change and Soil Degradation in Latin America: Scenarios, Policies and Responses (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Thematic Studies 4: Best Practices for Adaptation to Climate Change in Rural Latin America: Options and Lessons from the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Thematic Studies 5: Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in urban areas in Latin America: tools and successful experiences (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

EUROCLIMA: Results of the first phase

The objective of the first phase of EUROCLIMA has been to improve the knowledge of Latin American decision-makers and scientists regarding the problems and consequences of climate change, in order to integrate them in sustainable development strategies. 

The entities responsible for the programme’s implementation in the first phase were: the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation of the European Commission EuropeAid (the Regional Programmes for Latin America and Caribbean Unit), with the support of the Technical Assistance team.

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Methodological guide Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in urban areas: tools and successful experiences in Latin America

This summary presents the main elements of this Methodological Guide. In addition to presenting a number of tools, the guide contains successful mitigation experiences from the Latin American region. These experiences and tools have proven to be effective in the fight against climate change by developing innovative business models which provide economic and financial sustainability in the long term.

Summary in Spanish. Summary in English. Summary in portuguese.

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Thematic Studies 3: Climate Change and Soil Degradation in Latin America: Scenarios, Policies and Responses (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Thematic Studies 4: Best Practices for Adaptation to Climate Change in Rural Latin America: Options and Lessons from the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Methodological Guide: Climate Change and Risk Management: Vulnerability Analysis of Coastal Marine Infrastructures in Latin America

This summary sets out the main ideas covered in the Guide, that takes the experiences, lessons learned and best practices in the beneficiary countries of the EUROCLIMA programme in order to estimate and reduce the vulnerability of coastal marine infrastructures in the face of climate change. Furthermore, it identifies sensitive areas within the framework of land use planning. The principal product is a Guide that proposes methodological tools for assessing the vulnerability of these infrastructures in Latin America

Summary in Spanish. Summary in English. Summary in Portuguese. 

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Thematic Studies 3: Climate Change and Soil Degradation in Latin America: Scenarios, Policies and Responses (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Thematic Studies 4: Best Practices for Adaptation to Climate Change in Rural Latin America: Options and Lessons from the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Thematic Studies 5: Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in urban areas in Latin America: tools and successful experiences (Spanish) (English) (Portuguese)

Climate Finance Regional Briefing of the Climate Funds Update (CFU): Latin America and the Caribbean. Download. 

Infographics: Highlighting the ten most noteworthy insights from the efforts over the past year to monitor climate finance on Climate Funds Update (CFU). Go to Infographics. 

Microfinance for Ecosystems - based Climate Change Adaptation (MEBA): Increasing the resilience of vulnerable rural populations in northern Los Andes through microfinance of products and services. Download (in Spanish). 

Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas

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Monitoring CC on biodiversity (in Spanish)

'The Science Policy Workshop: Impacts of Global Climate Change on Snow, Glaciers and Water Resources in the Andes: Policy Recommendations for Adaptation Strategies' addressed the optimization of research efforts and identified science-based policy needs for climate change adaptation strategies in the Andean region, with a focus on its water resources.

This presentation by Andrea Nájera from INAB shows how Guatemala’s forests can be restored, which economic incentives were used, what the criteria for a map of potential areas for restoration were and what the conclusion and challenges for Guatemala are. Download.