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Oil Price Risks and Climate Security:

Challenges for the Energy Policy in Latin America

Experts from Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Mexico and Venezuela met in Berlin to discuss the challenges and risks of oil prices and climate security for the regional order in Latin America.

Sustainable Transport in Latin America

International Round Table

By using a work format where idea exchange and constant participation of the attendees were the main activity, the actors that impact and participate in the transportation sector in the countries of the region were identified, as well as the main problems related to them to then, discuss about the solutions under a concrete, measureable and doable basis to achieve a Sustainable Transport System, or in a wider concept, Sustainable Mobility, to be a tangible reality and not only on paper or as a good intention.

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.

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