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.

The proposed event is framed in the LatinoAdapta project; a regional research project on the interface between science and policy on climate adaptation issues, that is underway in the 6 Latin American countries mentioned above. LatinoAdapta is implemented by the Regional Network for Climate Change and Decision Making- UNITWIN Programm, lead by Avina and supported by IDRC.