Decision XXIX/9: Update on the Initiative for conducting a national climate assessment in support on adaptation and mitigation: Training and capacity building in Latin America and the Caribbean

The report outlines the progress of the LACI initiative, which aims to strengthen climate risk assessments to support local and regional decision-making. Following a scoping phase involving 14 countries to identify priorities and map capacities, the initiative has entered a pilot co-design phase with four specific projects focusing on El Salvador, regional data interoperability, Amazonia, and Jamaica.

• The LACI initiative aims to create partnerships between researchers, including IPCC assessment authors, decision makers, and experts to improve climate risk assessments that assist communities in adapting to and mitigating climate change impacts.
• During the scoping and partnership building phase, national representatives from 14 countries—Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and the United States—mapped existing capacities and identified priorities for a climate-resilient future to optimize South-South and triangular (North-South-South) partnerships.
• The initiative has moved into a pilot co-design phase with four selected projects: strengthening climate impact assessment capacities in El Salvador; improving regional data access and interoperability in Latin America and the Caribbean; enhancing risk assessment capacity for user groups and Indigenous communities in Amazonia; and improving national disaster preparedness and emergency earth observations in Jamaica.
• A specific pilot project on regional data interoperability, co-authored by the IAI Directorate, the Ministry of Public Health of Uruguay, and RedCLARA, proposes using technologies such as blockchain to validate and monitor data and creating mechanisms to integrate national-level data into a regional framework.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2023). Decision XXIX/9: Update on the Initiative for conducting a national climate assessment in support on adaptation and mitigation: Training and capacity building in Latin America and the Caribbean. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-COP-31-7-c-en.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Decision XXIX/9: Update on the Initiative for conducting a national climate assessment in support on adaptation and mitigation: Training and capacity building in Latin America and the Caribbean. 2023. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-COP-31-7-c-en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2023decision, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Decision XXIX/9: Update on the Initiative for conducting a national climate assessment in support on adaptation and mitigation: Training and capacity building in Latin America and the Caribbean}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2023}, month = apr, url = {https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/IAI-COP-31-7-c-en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }