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 national negotiators/diplomats, policy makers and practitioners.
  • Strengthen climate change decision making capacity by solving the specific knowledge gaps previously identified and facilitating access to and understanding of information relevant for adaptation.
  • Provide evidence-based advice to Latin-american negotiators/diplomats, policy makers and practitioners on topics related to NDCs and NAPs, tracking of their implementation and consultations related to the facilitative dialogue, SBSTA and/or SBI.Provide evidence-based advice to Latin-american negotiators/diplomats, policy makers and practitioners on topics related to NDCs and NAPs, tracking of their implementation and consultations related to the facilitative dialogue, SBSTA and/or SBI.
  • Promote cross-regional sharing of experiences, best practices and expertise to stimulate climate action.
DIAGNOSTICS

Diagnostic reports on knowledge gaps in adaptation to climate change:

Diagnostic Report Argentina
Diagnostic Report Brazil
Diagnostic Report Chile
Diagnostic Report Costa Rica
Diagnostic Report Paraguay
Diagnostic Report Uruguay

Content only in Spanish

PUBLICATIONS

Knowledge gaps and climate adaptation policy: a comparative analysis of six Latin American countries published in Climate Policy Magazine (Volume 19 Issue 10).
Open access

FINANCE

International Development Research Centre

SARAS’ ROLE

Product development and research.

PERIOD OF EXECUTION

Start: December 2017
End: February 2020

CONTACT

Néstor Mazzeo Beyhaut
nmazzeo@saras-institute.org

Francisco Rosas
juanfranciscorosas@gmail.com

POLICY BRIEFS

12 Policy briefs on adaptation to climate change:

Essential attributes of adaptation projects 
Florencia Yáñez

Adaptation to Climate Change and local development: a proposal for adressing the urgent need 
Grégorie Leclerc y Mariela Morales Solís-Rosas

Scope and limitations of the cost-benefit analysis(CBA) for the evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation measures 
Verónica Gutman

State capacities in Climate Change adaptation in Latin America 
Carolina Eing

Knowledge communication for Climate Change adaptation: from translation of expert knowledge to collective construction of practical responses 
Alejandro Pelfini

Funding challenges of Climate Change adapting in Latin America and the Caribbean 
Virginia Scardamaglia

Territorial knowledge for descision-making at a local level in Latin America:system of local climate observatories for information and action 
Jordan Harris

Monitoring and evaluating the capacity to adapat to Climate Change. How to learn by doing and its implications in decision making 
Néstor Mazzeo, Ismael Díaz, Lydia Garrido, Cristina Zurbriggen, Manfred Steffen y Micaela Trimble

Generation and availability of data concerning Climate Change impacts 
Inaiê Takaes Santos

Latin American platform for the interaction between scientists and descision-makers 
Nazareno Castillo Marín

Relationship between science and public policy: mechanisms and boundary organizations working on adaptation to Climate Change 
Daniel Ryan

Clima Change adaptation. With a gender perspective?
María Julia Tramutola

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