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
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 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 – 13:30 | Lunch break |
13:30 | Talanoa Dialogues 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 Adaptation, inequalities and territories: scientific understandings for public policy Presentation of the Antiracist Adaptation Concept |
16:30 | Visit to the Rio Operations Center – COR |
19:00 | End 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 – 10:30 | Interaction |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
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 – 12:30 | Interaction |
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
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 – 15:00 | Interaction |
15:00 – 15:30 | L&D in the UNFCCC: current context (2021-present) FrLD Indicators Santiago Network for Loss and Damage – SNLD |
15:30 | Coffee 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 Report from developing countries on doubling adaptation financing Finance for local initiatives: adaptation and L&D |
17:00 | International Adaptation Policy and Implementation Diplomacy 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 |
18:00 | End 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 |
10:30 | Hot Topics at COP 29 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 Discussion on region specific priorities and key messages for COP29 and reflections on COP30 Topics on adaptation outside of international negotiations |
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00 | Opportunities and Joint Strategy for Adaptation Towards COP 30 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 |
16:00 | Coffee Break |
16:30 | Summary of the Main Points Covered During the Training and Next Steps |
18:30 | Closing Cocktail |
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/
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):
George Goulart george@institutotalanoa.org | Ana Luiza analuiza.ferreira@institutotalanoa.org |
Daniel Porcel daniel.porcel@institutotalanoa.org | Marina Caetano marina@institutotalanoa.org |
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.
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