COP25: Addressing Adaptation knowledge gaps in the Latin American Region

In this side event representatives from the Regional Network for Climate Change and Decision Making will show how academia made a concrete contribution to closing the knowledge gaps on Adaptation identified in 6 countries of the Latin America and Caribbean Region through the LatinoAdapta project: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

We will discuss some of the results, focusing on knowledge exchange among scientists and decision-makers, and explain how they have reached policy makers through national incidence plans, strong communication strategies and participation in international arenas.

PRELIMINAR AGENDA AND SPEAKERS

Moderator: Paula Ellinger (Fundación Avina).

  • Enrique M. Konstantinidis (FARN, Argentina).
    Introduction to LatinoAdapta project. Objectives, scope, and milestones.
  • Daniel Ryan (ITBA, Argentina).
    Knowledge gaps and climate adaptation policy: results from a comparative analysis of six Latin American countries.  Bridging the Science-policy knowledge exchange gap: recommendations on the design and functioning of organizations and mechanisms working in the interface between science and public policy.
  • Mariela Morales (CATIE, Costa Rica).
    Costa Rica case study: Science-policy articulation challenges. 4C capacity building as part of LatinoAdapta National Incidence Plan.
  • Government representative from Argentina and/or Uruguay (TBC)
  • IRDC representative (TBC)
  • Debate and questions.
    Bios here

LIVE TRANSMISSION on UNFCCC site

CONTEXT OF ANALYSIS
LatinoAdapta is being implemented in six Latin American countries since 2017 by our Regional Climate Change and Decision Making Network – UNESCO UNITWIN Programme, and is led by Fundación Avina and funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

During the evaluation phase of the project, implemented in 2018, national teams produced Assessment Reports identifying the main knowledge gaps affecting the development of climate adaptation policies in their national contexts. These countries are: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Paraguay and Uruguay. 

This research also allowed to identify gaps common to all countries, which were later addressed through the development of 12 Policy Briefs by experts in each one of these areas. (Three languages available: spanish, english and portuguese here).

At the same time, a comparative study at the regional level was conducted by researchers Daniel Ryan (Escuela de Posgrado- Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires – ITBA) and Eduardo Bustos (Centro de Cambio Global – UC de Chile). This work resulted in the publication of an open-access article in the Climate Policy Journal (Volume 19, Issue 10) entitled “Knowledge gaps and climate adaptation policy: a comparative analysis of six Latin American countries”.

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