Climate Adaptation Diplomacy as a Priority for Latin America and the Caribbean

Diplomacia da Adaptação Climática como prioridade para América Latina e Caribe

With civil society organizations from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Paraguay

Diplomacia da Adaptação Climática como prioridade para América Latina e Caribe

Diplomacia da Adaptação Climática como prioridade para América Latina e Caribe

Programação e materiais de apoio da capacitação presencial realizada pelo Instituto Talanoa entre 29 e 31 de outubro, no Rio de Janeiro

PROGRAM

UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE ADAPTATION IN THE REGION
09:00

Welcome

Reception dynamic and introduction of participants

10:30

Between Science and Politics: Limits and Challenges of Adaptation
Diogo Santos (Adaptation Specialist, Federal Government) and Maria Fernanda Lemos (PUC-RIO)

Definition and discussion of key terms such as impacts, vulnerability, risks and loss and damage

Approach to adaptation strategies based on scientific evidence

Discussing concepts from climate adaptation: transformative adaptation, maladaptation, transformative adaptation, critical systems

12:30 – 13:30Lunch break
13:30

Talanoa Dialogues
Marta Salomon (Talanoa Institute) and Inamara Santos Melo (Ministry of Environment of Brazil)

Current state of the adaptation strategy in Brazil

Commentary on ongoing policies and initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean

15:00

Climate Adaptation, Inequalities and Territories
Diosmar Filho (Iyaleta Research Association) and Network for Antiracist Adaptation – RAA

Adaptation, inequalities and territories: scientific understandings for public policy

Presentation of the Antiracist Adaptation Concept

16:30Visit to the Rio Operations Center – COR
19:00End of Day 1
ADAPTATION IN INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS
09:00

Adaptation in the Context of International Negotiations

Adelle Thomas (Natural Resource Defense Council – NRDC and IPCC) and Pilar Bueno (Rosario Municipality and CONICET)

09:00 – 10:00

Adaptation in the UNFCCC: Historical picture (1995-2019)

Historical focus of UNFCCC on mitigation 

 The role of developing countries in the adaptation  agenda and milestones (Paris Agreement) 

 Adaptation institutions: Adaptation Fund, Nairobi  Work Programme, Adaptation Committee 

 Adaptation-related documents: National Communications, NAPA, NAPs, Adaptation Communications, NDC, Biennial Transparency Reports – BTRs

10:00 – 10:30Interaction
10:30 – 10:45Break
10:45 – 11:30

Adaptation in the UNFCCC: current context (2021-present)

Global Goal on Adaptation: AC synthesis report, Glasgow-Sharm el-Sheikh Work Programme, UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience, UAE Belem Work Programme for the GGA and development of indicators

Adaptation in ambition cycle: BTRs and NDCs

11:30 – 12:30Interaction
12:30 – 13:30Lunch
13:30

L&D in the UNFCCC: Historical picture (1994-2019)

Historical focus of UNFCCC on mitigation and adaptation

The role of developing countries in the L&D agenda and milestones

Paris Agreement: WIM

L&D Institutions: WIM, ExCom, Expert Groups, SNLD, FrLD

Current documents

14:30 – 15:00Interaction
15:00 – 15:30

L&D in the UNFCCC: current context (2021-present)

FrLD

Indicators 

Santiago Network for Loss and Damage – SNLD

15:30Coffee Break
16:00

What About the Money? Understanding Adaptation Financing

Natalie Unterstell (Talanoa Institute), Adelle Thomas (NRDC and IPCC) and Pilar Bueno (Rosario Municipality and CONICET)

Adaptation and L&D sub-targets in the NCQG

Sources of financing: mobilization of large-scale new and
additional finance for adaptation and L&D

Report from developing countries on doubling adaptation financing

Finance for local initiatives: adaptation and L&D

17:00

International Adaptation Policy and Implementation Diplomacy
Adelle Thomas (NRDC and IPCC) and Pilar Bueno
(Rosario Municipality and CONICET)

LAC Groups diplomacy: G77 and China, AOSIS, LMDC, AILAC and Grupo SUR

Key interests and focus of each group and opportunities to coordinate more and achieve common positions

18:00End of Day 2
OBSERVING AND ACTING IN NEGOTIATIONS
09:00

Exchange Session among Organizations

Monitoring the negotiations: How can we more effectively monitor and analyze UNFCCC negotiations?

Advocacy strategies: What strategies have been effective? What types of messages and narratives have resonated the most?

Best practices: What successful advocacy cases can
serve as models for other organizations?

10:30

Hot Topics at COP 29
Adelle Thomas (NRDC and IPCC) and Pilar Bueno (Rosario Municipality and CONICET)

Use ICPH strategy and key priorities and messages for COP 29

For COP 30: key agenda items

11:30

Clarify region specific key messages on adaptation and L&D for COP
Adelle Thomas (NRDC and IPCC) and Pilar Bueno (Rosario Municipality and CONICET)

Discussion on region specific priorities and key messages for COP29 and reflections on COP30

Topics on adaptation outside of international negotiations

12:30 – 14:00Lunch Break
14:00

Opportunities and Joint Strategy for Adaptation Towards COP 30
Thomas (NRDC and IPCC) and Pilar Bueno (Rosario Municipality and CONICET)

Exploring specific scientific diplomacy practices relevant to climate adaptation

Exploring minimum consensuses to share with negotiators and authorities

Practical exercise: building positions, visions, and recommendations to be delivered to Brazilian, Ailac, and Grupo SUR negotiators at COP 29

16:00Coffee Break
16:30Summary of the Main Points Covered During the Training and Next Steps
18:30Closing Cocktail

THE COACHES

Training materials

SUPPORT
MATERIAL

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
REFERENCES

DESSAI, Suraje; HALL, James W.; LANE, Andrew P.; et al. Adaptation to climate change: A review of frameworks, methods, and tools. Climatic Change, v. 97, n. 2, p. 89-102, 2010.


IPCC. (2022). AR6 Working Group III Report: Mitigation of Climate Change. Genebra, Suíça: Painel Intergovernamental sobre Mudanças Climáticas. Disponível em:  www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/.


IPCC. (2014). AR5 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2014. Genebra, Suíça: Painel Intergovernamental sobre Mudanças Climáticas. Disponível em: www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/syr/


Margulis. Sergio. Mudanças do clima: tudo que você queria e não queria saber. Rio de Janeiro: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2020. 180 p. Disponível em: www.mudancasdoclima.com.br


UNEP. (2023). Adaptation Gap Report 2023. Programa das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente (UNEP). Disponível em: www.unep.org/resources/adaptation-gap-report-2023

READING
SUGGESTIONS

Adelekan, I.; Cartwrite, A.; Lemos, M. F.. What the latest science on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability means for cities and urban areas.; New Delhi: Indian Institute for Human Settlements, 2022.

Castellanos, E.; Lemos, M.F.. Central and South America. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: ; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Jattansingh, S. (2024). Climate justice and loss and damage: perspectives from the global south. Climate Analytics.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Chapter 12: Climate Resilient Development Pathways. In AR6 Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.

Sircar, A., Thomas, A., Serdeczny, O., & Jattansingh, S. (2024). Adaptation constraints, limits and enabling conditions in small island developing states. Journal of Environmental Management.

Sircar, A., Thomas, A., Serdeczny, O., & Jattansingh, S. (2024). A review of loss and damage in the Caribbean (1994 to 2024). Climate Analytics.

Thomas, A., Sircar, A., Serdeczny, O., & Jattansingh, S. (2024). Climatic risks to adaptive capacity. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change.

Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN). Climate Change and Cities. Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network. New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI). Quarta Comunicação Nacional do Brasil à Convenção do Clima – Capítulo 3.

Simpson, N. P., Hughes, H. L., Downing, C., Mason, T., Kingsborough, A., Dean, A., & Birchall, S. J. (2021). A framework for complex climate change risk assessment. Climate Risk Management, 31, 100285.

Wise, R. M., Fazey, I., Stafford Smith, M., Park, S. E., Eakin, H. C., Archer Van Garderen, E. R. M., & Campbell, B. (2014). Reconceptualising adaptation to climate change as part of pathways of change and response. Global Environmental Change, 28, 325-336.

PUBLICATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONS

ASSOCIAÇÃO DE PESQUISA IYALETA

Santana Filho, Diosmar M. Campos, Ana Clara Paixão. Ferreira, Andréa J.F. Goes, Emanuelle F. Nota Técnica Iyaleta Nº 02 – Adaptação: desafios para transparência na governança climática no Brasil. Selo Iyaleta. Org. Iyaleta – Pesquisa, Ciências e Humanidade: Salvador/BA – Brasil, 2023. 24 p.

Santana Filho, Diosmar M. Ccampos, Ana Clara Paixão. Ferreira, Andrêa J.F. Goes, Emanuelle F., Campos, Ana Clara Paixão. Nota Técnica Iyaleta Nº 01. Editora Iyaleta. Iyaleta – Pesquisa, Ciências e Humanidade: Salvador/BA – Brasil, 2023. 22 p. ISBN: 978-65-980472-0-7.

Santana Filho, Diosmar M. Ferreira, Andrêa J. F. Goes, Emanuelle F. Sumário Estratégias para Planos Nacionais de Adaptação: um caso Brasil. Selo Iyaleta. Org. Iyaleta – Pesquisa, Ciências e Humanidade: Salvador/BA – Brasil, 2022. 29 p. Góes, Emanuelle F. Semiárido em perspectiva de Gênero: violências sexuais contra meninas e adolescentes e os efeitos dos períodos prolongados de seca. Caderno Iyaleta Vol. VI Selo Iyaleta. Org. Iyaleta – Pesquisa, Ciências e Humanidade: Salvador/BA – Brasil, 2024. 28p.

Oliveira Junior. Israel de. Fatores do processo de desertificação no Nordeste do Brasil: desafios para governança climática. Caderno Iyaleta Vol. 05. Selo Iyaleta. Org. Iyaleta – Pesquisa, Ciências e Humanidade: Salvador/BA – Brasil, 2023. 46 p.

Materiais da Iyaleta disponíveis em https://iyaleta.org/plataformas/pesquisa/


CASA FLUMINENSE

Agenda Rio 2030: prioridades para a década da ação / [coordenação Luize Sampaio, Lucas Martins]. – 1. ed. – Rio de Janeiro : Associação Casa Fluminense, 2024.
Disponível em: https://casafluminense.org.br/agendario-2030/

Guia para justiça climática [livro eletrônico] : tecnologias sociais e ancestrais de enfrentamento ao racismo ambiental na região metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro / [organização Associação Casa Fluminense]. – 1. ed. – Rio de Janeiro capacidades climáticas en República Dominicana a través de “Talleres Multiactor sobre Acción por el Empoderamiento Climático”.  2024.  : Associação Casa Fluminense, 2023;.
Disponível em https://casafluminense.org.br/guia-justica-climatica/


CONECTAS

Impulsionando a Ação Climática a partir dos Direitos Humanos. 2023.
Disponível em https://www.conectas.org/publicacao/impulsionando-a-acao-climatica-a-partir-de-direitos-humanos/

COORDENAÇÃO NACIONAL DE ARTICULAÇÃO DAS COMUNIDADES NEGRAS RURAIS QUILOMBOLAS – CONAQ
Agricultura Quilombola: Tecnologia Ancestral para o futuro dos Sistemas Alimentares e Saúde do Planeta. Franciléia Paula de Castro, 2024.


GELEDÉS – INSTITUTO DA MULHER NEGRA

Recomendações de Geledés – Instituto da Mulher Negra para o Objetivo Global de Adaptação 2024.
Disponível em https://www.geledes.org.br/recomendacoes-de-geledes-para-negociacoes-climaticas-unfccc-cop29/


REDE POR ADAPTAÇÃO ANTIRRACISTA – RAA

Recommendations on Matters Relating to the Global Goal on Adaptation.


PAZINDÉ (BOLÍVIA)

Policy Paper PPI N° 1: “MUJERES INDÍGENAS, ENTRE LA RESISTENCIA Y LA RESILIENCIA. Propuestas y soluciones locales de adaptación al cambio climático lideradas por mujeres indígenas en Latinoamérica”. 2024.
Disponível em https://www.kas.de/es/web/ppi/einzeltitel/-/content/policy-paper-ppi-n-1-mujeres-indigenas-entre-la-resistencia-y-la-resiliencia


OBSERVATÓRIO LATINOAMERICANO DE ACCIÓN CLIMÁTICA – OLAC (MÉXICO)

Reporte sobre fortalecimiento de capacidades climáticas en República Dominicana a través de “Talleres Multiactor sobre Acción por el Empoderamiento Climático”.  2024.
Disponível em https://observatoriolac.com/taller-multiactor-sobre-accion-por-el-empoderamiento-climatico-ace-en-republica-dominicana-un-enfoque-integral-para-el-fortalecimiento-de-capacidades-en-la-lucha-contra-el-cambio-climatico/

Una mirada a las NDC de América Latina y su actualización en un contexto de crisis múltiple. OLAC. (2023). P. 51-56 NUESTRO FUTURO (MÉXICO) La adaptación climática en “Juicio de Amparo Indirecto: Nuestro Futuro x Estado de Tabasco”. 2024. p. 41 a 45.
Disponível em https://observatoriolac.com/reporte-ndc-latinoamerica-y-el-caribe-olac-2023/

LOGISTICS INFORMATION

CONTACT

For any assistance or assistance you may need when arriving in Río de Janeiro, or during training, please contact the Talanoa team (you will receive telephone numbers by email):

RESPONSABLE DE LOGÍSTICA
George Goulart
george@institutotalanoa.org
Ana Luiza
analuiza.ferreira@institutotalanoa.org
PROGRAMACIÓN
Daniel Porcel
daniel.porcel@institutotalanoa.org
Marina Caetano
marina@institutotalanoa.org
RESPONSABLES POR EMERGENCIAS MÉDICAS
Beatriz Calmon
beatriz.calmon@institutotalanoa.org
Taciana Stec
taciana@institutotalanoa.org

TRANSPORT,
LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATION

The training will be carried out at the Hotel Vila Galé, located at R. Riachuelo, 124 – Centro, Río de Janeiro – RJ, 20230-014. The hotel is located just 8 minutes from Arcos de Lapa.

Participants outside Río de Janeiro will have a standard individual room available in the same hotel (Vila Galé) between the 28th of October and the 1st of November (four nights). The reserves are named after the Talanoa Institute. Any changes to the reservation configuration, due to specific travel plans, must be coordinated directly with the organizing team.

Check-in: Lunes, October 28th, at 3pm BRT
Check-out: Friday, November 1st, at 12pm BRT


Important: For participants who arrive before check-in time or have flights after check-out time, a safe place will be provided in the hotel where they can leave their equipment.

Additional hotel services:
•⁠ ⁠Gymnasion, open from 8am to 10pm BRT
•⁠ ⁠Sauna and swimming pool, open from 8am to 10pm BRT
•⁠ ⁠Bar, open from 8am to 11pm BRT
•⁠ ⁠Room service 24h

The Talanoa Institute will cover the following costs from October 28 to November 1:
•⁠ ⁠Materials for training activities
•⁠ ⁠Breakfast, lunch and dinner during training days
•⁠ ⁠Dinner on October 28 and breakfast on November 1 included
•⁠ ⁠Round trip airfare to Rio de Janeiro
•⁠ ⁠Travel insurance
•⁠ ⁠Accommodation in Rio de Janeiro from Monday, October 28 to Friday, November 1 (for participants residing outside of Rio de Janeiro)•⁠ ⁠A coat or sweater for cooler or rainy days
•⁠ ⁠Swimsuit, in case you want to use the hotel pool or spa

IMPORTANT
To facilitate transportation during the Climate Adaptation Diplomacy event, a link and QR code are provided for the use of the Uber mobility service:
https://r.uber.com/rX2PsG3rqss

Please remember that all trips must be exclusively related to the event activities. Use for personal travel is not permitted. We appreciate your understanding and collaboration.

Río de Janeiro has two main airports: Galeão International Airport (GIG) and Santos Dumont Airport (SDU). Galeão receives the majority of international flights and is located approximately 20 km from the city center, while Santos Dumont, closer to the center, is ideal for national flights.

For public transport, Río offers options such as buses, metro and VLT (Light Vehicle on Rieles). The metro is one of the safest and most efficient ways to move, especially in tourist areas, with stations close to key points in the city such as Lapa and Copacabana. The VLT is a modern and practical option for those traveling between Santos Dumont and the center. We also recommend the use of transport applications such as Uber and 99, which are widely used, which provide greater convenience and safety.

We suggest that participants plan their trips in advance, especially during peak hours, and avoid walking through unfamiliar or poorly lit areas, especially at night.

Climate and suggested clothing
In October, the temperature in Rio de Janeiro is usually warm, varying between 23° and 28°C. It is recommended to bring:
•⁠ ⁠Light clothing for warm weather
•⁠ ⁠A coat or sweater for cooler or rainy days
•⁠ ⁠Swimsuit, in case you want to use the hotel pool or spa

Safety in Lapa
Lapa, known for its vibrant nightlife and the iconic Lapa Arches, is a popular area in Rio de Janeiro. However, as in any big city, it is important to keep an eye on safety. When visiting Lapa, it is recommended to be aware of your surroundings, especially at night, and avoid displaying valuables such as phones, cameras and jewelry. It is suggested to walk in groups and use reliable transportation apps, such as taxis or flatbed vehicles, especially after evening events. Keep documents and money in safe places and, if possible, take only the essentials when you go out. Also, inform yourself about the surrounding areas and avoid uncrowded or poorly lit areas, always relying on intuition and common sense for a safer experience.

In case of emergency, the number of the ambulance service (SAMU) is 192

ACHIEVEMENT

SUPPORTER

PARTNER