{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"geography":["Cuba"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":257,"relation":"eq"},"page":5,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=Cuba&page=5","next":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?geography=Cuba&page=6","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"foei-000031","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/foei-000031","title":"Résister au fascisme: construire la souveraineté alimentaire à partir de l’unité des peuples","publisher":{"name":"Friends of the Earth International","organization":"friends-of-the-earth-international"},"document_type":"statement","language":"fr","date_published":"2018-10-16","source_url":"https://www.foei.org/fr/resister-au-fascisme-construire-la-souverainete-alimentaire-a-partir-de-lunite-des-peuples/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The statement by Friends of the Earth International links the fight against fascism with the pursuit of food sovereignty. It criticizes the industrial agribusiness model as a failure that employs 'post-truth' narratives to maintain control, specifically citing 'climate-smart agriculture' as a flawed alternative that ignores agroecology. The text advocates for an anti-capitalist and anti-patriarchal approach, highlighting Cuba's success with peasant-to-peasant knowledge and agroecology. It concludes by calling for the creation of an international anti-fascist front and the strengthening of people's convergence to transform global food systems.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000031#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The industrial agribusiness model is described as a failure with global social, economic, environmental, and nutritional impacts, utilizing 'post-truth'—the deliberate distortion of reality—to maintain control over the global agri-food system.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000031#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document criticizes the FAO's 2018 report on food security for promoting 'climate-smart agriculture' as an alternative that excludes people from the countryside and fails to mention agroecology, despite recognizing the link between climate and food crises.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000031#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Cuba is presented as a successful example of reinventing food production through public policy, investment, and 'peasant-to-peasant' methodology, proving that agroecology can feed the masses and provide a dignified rural life.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000031#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To counter fascism and the influence of dominant media, the text calls for the creation of an international anti-fascist front and the development of technological sovereignty and digital security.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-000031#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["agroecology","Climate-smart agriculture","climate crisis","food security"],"geography_discussed":["Cuba","United States","Europe"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["political statement"]},{"id":"iai-000901","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iai-000901","title":"Auditors Report","publisher":{"name":"Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research","organization":"inter-american-institute-for-global-change-research"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2018-06-02","source_url":"https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/iai-cop-26-5-annex-c-e.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) submitted an independent auditors' report for the period ending June 30, 2017. 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Most countries received more for adaptation than mitigation, with the exceptions of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, and Guyana.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001907#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Climate finance is predominantly project-based (77%), with 20% delivered as contributions to special-purpose programs and funds, and only 1.3% provided as sector budget support.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001907#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant misalignment between climate finance and long-term resilience needs; while 'general environment protection' received the most funding, critical sectors such as health and education received no climate finance, and agriculture received very little.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001907#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Disbursement of climate finance is notably inefficient compared to other aid. Only 39% of committed climate finance was actually disbursed between 2010 and 2015, whereas non-climate aid flows had a disbursement ratio of 95%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001907#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Financial instruments vary by donor: 62% of regional climate finance was provided as grants and 38% as loans. France and the World Bank CIFs were the primary providers of concessional loans.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-001907#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["climate finance","climate change adaptation","climate change mitigation","renewable energy","disaster risk reduction","urbanization","Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation","Small Island Developing States"],"geography_discussed":["Guyana","Dominican Republic","Haiti","Cuba","Jamaica","Dominica","Saint Lucia","Suriname","Antigua and Barbuda","Grenada","Saint Vincent and the Grenadines","Saint Kitts and Nevis","Barbados","Trinidad and Tobago"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["quantitative analysis","financial flow analysis"]},{"id":"iai-001772","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iai-001772","title":"FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT ACCOUNTING TO FEB. 28th, 2017 CONTRIBUTION STATUS TO APR 30th, 2017","publisher":{"name":"Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research","organization":"inter-american-institute-for-global-change-research"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2017-06","source_url":"https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/ec-43-financial-report-e.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) reported a strengthened financial position as of April 30, 2017, with cash balances 179.8% higher than the previous year. While total revenues reached US$1,424,975, the institute faces ongoing challenges with unpaid contributions from some member countries, totaling US$1.31 million. Budget performance through February 2017 showed expenses 13.1% lower than the budget, though salaries were higher than expected. Administratively, the IAI implemented new accounting software and continues to work toward the full implementation of Tripartite Agreements in Argentina and Brazil.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001772#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"As of April 30, 2017, the IAI collected US$1,424,975 in total revenues, which is US$24,975 over the approved budget. 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It emphasizes the need for adaptation investments in agriculture to address rainfall changes and extreme events, and in tourism to combat sea-level rise and coral bleaching. 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South Africa has untapped reserves estimated at nine billion barrels of oil and 11 billion barrels of natural gas within its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-000313#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic (ZPCSA), established in 1986, provides a framework for 24 countries to cooperate on security and the preservation of a nuclear-weapon-free zone. However, progress has been slow due to a focus on institutional frameworks and limited long-range naval capabilities among African members, except for South Africa.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"saiia-000313#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Trade between South Africa and the South Atlantic Latin American countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay totaled USD 3.34 billion in 2013. 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