NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
FOR CLIMATE RESILIENT CITIES
Perspectives and Experiences from Latin America
Road Towards COP28
More than 10 meetings on Climate Action that put Latin America and the Caribbean on the Road towards COP28.
Eager high school students converged on the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston last Wednesday to attend a novel Nature-based Solutions
- 11/16/2023
Grow what you eat: City students learn the art of climate-smart container gardening
Students of Kingston Technical High School and members of the school’s 4-H Club attended a comprehensive training session on the set up and maintenance of container gardens
- 11/15/2023
Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilient Cities
Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilient Cities
- 11/07/2023
East Kingston community excited by urban forestry programme
East Kingston Community Excited about Community Garden Intervention
under Forestry Department/CityAdapt Partnership
- 11/06/2023
With protective greenbelt, Mexican city hopes to fend off climate change
The city of Xalapa, Mexico is bordered by more than 5,300 hectares of mountain forest, a sprawling green sponge that soaks up rainwater and slowly, predictably, releases it to residents downstream.
- 10/24/2023
Five key elements
Five key elements to ensure strategic planning for climate change adaptation at the interinstitutional level.
- 10/20/2023
UNEP CityAdapt Project Invests over JM$14M in Kingston Inner-city Schools and Greenwich Town
UNEP CityAdapt Project Invests over JM$14M (US$90,000) in Kingston Inner-city Schools and Greenwich Town: Partners with Jamaica 4-H Clubs to install Rainwater Harvesting and Water Purification Systems, Greenhouses and Container Gardens.
Climate Action
Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the most vulnerable regions to the negative impacts of climate change. We support governments and key actors with strategies to address the climate crisis, based on detailed knowledge of their environmental, social, and economic needs.
Areas of Action:
WOMEN AND NATURE
FOR RESILIENT CITIES
IN LATIN AMERICA and the CARIBBEAN
Adaptation to climate change in synergy with gender equality objectives
Publications
- Adaptation
National Adaptation Planning: Emerging Lessons Learned from UNEP Projects
Policy Brief
This briefing note provides a snapshot summary of the early lessons learned from UNEP’s NAP project portfolio. Although the assessment focused on 6 of the 18 countries being supported, several key messages and design recommendations have emerged from this process.
- Mitigation
Emissions Gap Report 2023
Broken record
The Emissions Gap Report 2023: Broken Record – Temperatures hit new highs, yet world fails to cut emissions (again) finds that the world is heading for a temperature rise far above the Paris Agreement goals unless countries deliver more than they have promised.
- Adaptation
Adaptation Gap Report 2023
UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023
UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared – Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed finds that progress on climate adaptation is slowing when it should be accelerating to catch up with these rising climate change impacts.
- Adaptation
Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilient Cities
Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilient Cities
The climate crisis is a serious and existential crisis. However, we still have time to address it: with more action in mitigation, with more action in adaptation, with more action in finance, with more technology, and with more solidarity. There is no Plan B. Our most powerful legacy must be to ensure the future of people now and forever.
Inger Andersen
Executive Director
UNEP
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Perfiles de
países
Perfiles actualizados sobre la integración del cambio climático en la planificación y el marco regulatorio de América Latina.
webinars y
eventos
Presentaciones y videos sobre los eventos presenciales de REGATTA.
Documentos y
Herramientas
Busque los documentos y herramientas relevantes sobre mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático para ALC.
Vulnerabilidad impacto y adaptación
Presentaciones y videos sobre los eventos presenciales de REGATTA.
Negociaciones
CMNUCC
¿Cuáles son las últimas decisiones de las negociaciones CMNUCC?
Oportunidades de
financiamiento
Encuentre oportunidades de financiamiento en la región
Institucione
Clave
Encuentre todas las instituciones clave en mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe
Social