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ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION

Regional Programme EKLA KAS

On May 4th, the EKLA KAS Regional Programme organized an anniversary ceremony to celebrate the first year of operation in the Lima office.

Chilean cities tackle Climate Change

International Forum

On April 19, representatives of municipalities of Chile, Colombia, Brazil and Mexico, politicians and specialists, met in Santiago de Chile to discuss about the challenges related to cities and climate change.

First Forum of Adaptation to the Climate Change in Mexico

Forum Adaptation to the Climate Change

During 3 intense days and with the participation of more than 100 lecturers, the First National Forum of Adaptation to the Climate Change in Mexico was carried in the Senate, an event organized by Efecto Verde, GIZ, WWF, INECC and the UNDP, where EKLA-KAS Program collaborated as support in the organization.

„Nachhaltigkeit muss den Menschen normal vorkommen“

1. Transformationskonferenz 2016 zur Nachhaltigkeitswende

Energie, Klima, Umwelt, Armut, Gleichberechtigung – das sind nur einige der Themen der Agenda für Nachhaltige Entwicklung, kurz Agenda 2030. Um die große Transformation hin zu einem nachhaltigen Leben zu bewältigen, komme es vor allem auf eines an: auf jeden Einzelnen. Darin waren sich der Kommunikationsexperte Ed Gillespie, der Wirtschaftsvertreter Julian Matthes und der Umweltaktivist Jörg Sommer einig. Auch in der internationalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit müsse in die Menschen investiert werden, damit jeder eine Perspektive bekomme.

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AGRICULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTABILITY WORKSHOP

The workshop, organized by EKLA-KAS and the Gobernabilidad Perú Organization, was attended by specialists from Latin America and representatives of various organizations devoted to the subject, who after two days of exhibitions and exchange of views were able to consolidate the main ideas and conclusions in the document attached to this report.

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP

EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY STRATEGIES AND PLANS IN THE ANDEAN REGION

The workshop "Effects of Biodiversity Strategies and Plans in the Andean region" took place with the participation of representatives from the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law and biodiversity specialists from Brazil, Bolivia, and Colombia. The conclusions drawn from this workshop are the cornerstone for carrying out a research for publication that contributes to the debate and the decisions taken at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity later this year (Cancun, Mexico, December 2016) and the subsequent policies and strategies in Latin America.

Urban development and climate change:

What comes next?

What is sustainable urban development in times of climate change? What I mean by quality of life in my city? These and other questions are of great importance to the political youth in megacities of Brazil.

Buch Tree of Hope

Wie wir die Welt verändern können

Am 26. November 2015 wurde das Medienpaket Tree of Hope im Kanzleramt der Öffentlichkeit präsentieren, im Beisein von Kanzleramtsminister Peter Altmaier. Youthinkgreener aus 15 Ländern (Ägypten, Deutschland, Indien, Italien, Kolumbien, Kosovo, Kroatien, Namibia, Nepal, Neuseeland, Peru, Russland, Serbien, Spanien und Türkei) waren zu Gast, ebenso renommierte Persönlichkeiten aus Wissenschaft, Politik, Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft. Diese Initiative wurde von EKLA-KAS gefördert.

Energy experts from Latin America in Germany and at the COP21 in France

Berlin & Paris

By invitation of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, energy experts from Latin America participated in a technical visit to Berlin and Paris from 24.11 to 02.12.2015 to better understand the German and European work on climate policies. In close collaboration with the KAS office in Paris, they discussed the role of France as host of COP21 and the close cooperation between Germany and France. The studies and dialogue program was organized by the team "Inlandsprogramme" of the KAS and was accompanied by Dr. Christian Hübner, head of the Regional Program EKLA-KAS.

Conference | Workshop

Floating Fab Lab Amazon

On November 9th and 10th, Fab Lab Peru and EKLA – KAS organized the Conference | Workshop “Floating FAB LAB Amazon: Challenges and Opportunities” in the INICTEL – UNI facilities.

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The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, its educational institutions, centres and foreign offices, offer several thousand events on various subjects each year. We provide up to date and exclusive reports on selected conferences, events and symposia at www.kas.de. In addition to a summary of the contents, you can also find additional material such as pictures, speeches, videos or audio clips.

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