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Adapting to a changing climate: An operational space for local adaptation committee in Santos coastal area
(2018-11-23)
Coastal living countries are the frontline of climate change impacts presenting vulnerability to natural disasters and other climate hazards. Specially, in developing countries, there is greater vulnerability and environmental ...
Climate change communication in Peru
(Oxford University Press, 2017-04)
Peru is one of the most biodiverse countries on the planet. More than 65% of the country is covered by the Amazon rainforest, and the Andes region is home to more than 70% of the worlds's tropical glaciers. This abundance ...
What Shapes Colombias Foreign Position on Climate Change?
(Universidad de Los Andes, 2018)
Understanding Perceptions of Climate Change, Priorities, and Decision-Making among Municipalities in Lima, Peru to Better Inform Adaptation and Mitigation Planning
(Public Library of Science, 2016)
Climate change poses multiple risks to the population of Lima, the largest city and capital of Peru, located on the Pacific coast in a desert ecosystem. These risks include increased water scarcity, increased heat, and the ...
Green for the Right reasons? How government ideology shapes preferences over climate change negotiations in the Global South
(Universidad Torcuato Di TellaAmerican Political Science Association, 2023)
Research on the drivers of foreign policy regarding climate change negotiations
has extensively delved into the effects of risks and mitigation costs, as well as the
relevance of interest groups such as civil society ...
Environmental management, climate change, CSR, and governance in clusters of small firms in developing countries: toward an integrated analytical framework
(Sage Publications Inc, 2017-01)
One of the key debates in the literature on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in developing countries has to do with the role that local industrial districts, or so-called ...
Environmental Management, Climate Change, CSR, and Governance in Clusters of Small Firms in Developing Countries: Toward an Integrated Analytical Framework
(2017-01-01)
One of the key debates in the literature on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in developing countries has to do with the role that local industrial districts, or so-called ...
Peru, climate change and non-communicable diseases: ¿Where are we and where are we headed? [Perú, cambio climático y enfermedades no trasmisibles: ¿Dónde estamos y a dónde vamos?]
(Universidad Católica los Ángeles de Chimbote, 2016-01-01)
The world is facing a crisis of noncommunicable diseases alongside a state of climate volatility. Of the total health burden attributable to climate change, 99% will be assumed by developing countries. In light of climate ...
Guiding the nations through fair low-carbon economy cycles: A climate justice index proposal
(2021-06-01)
Since the climate change context is increasingly the focus of decision-makers, indices capable of helping them in the transition to a low-carbon economy are considered necessary. Therefore, the objective of this work is ...
An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the health sector In Guyana
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2011-10-22)
Climate change is considered to be the most pervasive and truly global of all issues affecting humanity. It poses a serious threat to the environment, as well as to economies and societies. Whilst it is clear that the ...