Climate Change in Latin America - European Commission

Specific objective Sector Budget
Date
beginning /
end
Mainstream climate change responses across
sectors, and scale up uptake of finance and
technology for low carbon and climate resilient
development.
Make an economic assessment of the impacts of
climate change in Brazil
Make an economic assessment of the impacts of
climate change in Mexico
Make an economic assessment of the impacts of
climate change in the Caribbean
Make an economic assessment of the impacts of
climate change in Central America
Make an economic assessment of the impacts of
climate change in South America
Energy, Transport,
Environment,
Economy/ Planning
£ 270,000
Economy/Planning £ 975,025
Economy/Planning £ 200,000
Economy/Planning
Economy/Planning
US$ 222,000
to date
£ 60,000
to date
Economy/Planning £ 700,000
Dec 2007 -
March 2009
Jan 2008 -
Nov 2008
June 2008 -
Sept 2010
Dec 2007 -
Sept 2009
The objectives are to mainstream climate change
across high-level policy making; and to highlight the
importance of pushing for an ambitious Copenhagen
deal.
To train influential business leaders from the region
on the economic opportunities of moving towards
a low-carbon economy for their sectors and the
importance of pushing governments for an ambitious
Copenhagen agreement.
Make a study on the impacts of climate change on
the mining industry, in Colombia, Chile, Argentina and
Peru
Sectoral report on the impacts of climate change in
the wine industry
To enhance the quantity and quality of climate
change news ahead of international climate change
events
Regional workshop with ministries from the region
to raise awareness of and agree positions on the
finance options that have been tabled
Capacity-building workshop aimed at climate change
negotiators and influential policy makers from the
fourteen governments in the region
Key policy-makers
from the Finance,
Environment and
Foreign Affairs
Ministries and
Presidency's office
From the region's
mining, agricultural
and finance sectors,
Private Sector
£ 53,219
£ 47,105
Private Sector £ 70,000
Media £ 110,910
Apr to
July 2009
Apr to
July 2009
£ 92,940 Apr 2009 to
Mar 2010
Apr to
Nov 2009
Apr to
June 2009
Finance/ Planning £ 20,000 Sep 2009
Finance,
Environment,
Foreign Affairs
£ 42,500
Apr 2009 to
Feb 2010
Evaluate potential for deployment of large scale low
carbon programs in energy, power and other sectors
in LAC and enhancing Private Sector Participation
Identify points of coincidence and divergence
between LAC countries in specific issues, and areas
where potential cooperation in low carbon policies
and programs could be enhanced.
Energy, Environment,
Economy/Planning
Economic / Planning
£ 70,000
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