Postgraduate course on Social-ecological Systems has started The 2018 edition to the postgraduate course entitled “Social-ecological Systems: Structure, Dynamics and Management” is being offered in two modes, both in-person at SARAS headquarters and online for international students delivered via Platform EVA. After receiving 78 applications from students from very [...]
ANNUAL REPORTS Every year the SARAS Institute prepares an Annual Activity Report with information about projects, scientific activities, main research areas and networks, postgraduate courses, publications, and other information. Activity Report 2019 DOWNLOAD Activity Report 2018 DOWNLOAD Activity Report 2017 [...]
CARE EMPOWERING CLIMATE RESILIENCE OBJECTIVES Help the modernization of higher education curricula (by integrating them with issues such as climate risk management, social resilience, strategic planning, monitoring and assessment of plans and policies, etc.) and increasing teachers’, researchers’ and students’ knowledge and skills in climate resilience, while innovating HE teaching and learning practices [...]
LEGACY IN RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN LATIN AMERICA OBJECTIVE The objective of this project is that Universities and Research institutes in Latin America are aware of the legacy of the work that CDKN has supported over the years and can be a basis for fostering more research and training in Climate Compatible Development. [...]
LATINOADAPTA: SCIENTIFIC ADVICE TO CLIMATE CHANGE DECISION MAKERS AND NEGOTIATORS FROM LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES PROJECT OBJECTIVE: Strengthen the capacity of Latin American national governments for evidence based climate responsive policies and decision making. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: Assess challenges and opportunities for implementing NDCs in 6 Latin-american countries, focusing on adaptation knowledge gaps by [...]
ANALYSIS OF VULNERABILITY, RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION OF URUGUAY'S PRODUCTIVE SECTORS CONTEXT The agricultural sectors, particularly livestock, play an important role in the Uruguayan economy, representing 7 percent of GDP and 70 percent of the country's total exports. Over the past decade, the agricultural sectors have experienced a period of [...]
UNITWIN NETWORK IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND DECISION MAKING OBJECTIVE The aim is to support and strengthen the public and private sectors in Latin America through activities of analysis, reflection and training to promote effective integration between science and policy to address the challenges of global change. Specially, by emphasizing capacity [...]
