Klimakalender Einzelansicht

Veranstaltung - Details

20.02.2019 - 21.02.2019
Tagung

Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation in Latin America

Lima, Peru

Similar to what is seen in other parts of the world, there are clear signs of the impacts of climate change to Latin American countries. The region, where a substantial portion of the world’s biological diversity can be found, hosts a wide range of ecosystems  including rainforests (especially, but not only in the Amazon region) and semi-arid zones. The disruption of natural ecosystems is one of the main causes of biodiversity and ecosystem losses in Latin America, a proportion of which is due to human-induced climate change.

According to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change in Latin America is likely to contribute towards altering coastal and marine ecosystems, with mangrove degradation being observed on the north coast of South America, for instance.

In addition, AR5 mentions the fact that significant trends in precipitation and temperature have been observed in Central America (CA) and South America (SA) and that changes in climate variability and in extreme events have severely affected the region.

The above state of affairs illustrates the need for a better understanding of how climate change affects the Latin American region, and for the identification of processes, methods and tools, which may help the countries in the region to adapt.  There is also a perceived need to showcase successful examples of how to cope with the social, economic and political problems posed by climate change in Latin America.

ADAPTATION” is being organized  by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, the Research and Transfer Centre “Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management” of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and the International Climate Change Information Programme (ICCIP). The Symposium will be a truly interdisciplinary event, mobilizing scholars, practitioners and members of governmental agencies, undertaking research and/or executing climate change projects in Latin America.

The “2nd LATIN AMERICAN SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION” will focus on “Fostering Climate Resilience in Latin America, meaning that it will serve the purpose of showcasing experiences from research, field projects and best practice to foster climate change adaptation among countries in the region, which may be useful or implemented elsewhere. The event will pay a special emphasis to the need to foster climate change resilience, a key topic in Latin America.




Veranstalter: HAW und andere
Beginn: 20.02.2019   
Ende: 21.02.2019   
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