Latin America and the Caribbean face multiple risks from a changing climate, from sea level rise to glacial melt to extreme weather and disease. Recent population trends鈥攑articularly population growth and urbanization鈥攚ill continue to be an important factor in influencing the region鈥檚 vulnerability and adaptive capacity. This policy brief shares highlights, key findings and lessons from a series of seminars on climate change adaptation organized by the 乐鱼 体育 and U.S. Agency for International Development missions across Latin America and the Caribbean. Adaptive capacity in the region is growing, and the process of consultation drew attention to projects that demonstrate innovative approaches in participatory planning, private sector engagement, payment for ecosystem services, urban planning, and mainstreaming climate change into broader development objectives. As the impacts of climate change become more severe, however, the need for effective climate change adaptation action and resources will grow. Creating shared learning networks through convening climate change practitioners and policymakers will be an important part of the strengthening the region鈥檚 capacity to adapt.
乐鱼 体育鈥檚 prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the 乐鱼 体育鈥檚 strength as the nation鈥檚 key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
The Brazil Institute鈥攖he only country-specific policy institution focused on Brazil in Washington鈥攁ims to deepen understanding of Brazil鈥檚 complex landscape and strengthen relations between Brazilian and US institutions across all sectors. Read more
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
