This report summarises the proceedings of the El Salvador conference (June 2010) 'Strategies for Adapting Public and Private Infrastructure to Climate Change'. It outlines the multiple development benefits of climate-proofing infrastructure. While these proceedings address the specific context of El Salvador, the methodologies outlined can be applied to a wide range of situations.
El Salvador
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This policy brief emerges from a process of analysis of the status and quality of the public policies on climate change and development in ten Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia, El Salvador and Paraguay. It suggests that policies generated should have quality in the design, be implemented effectively, and guarantee institutional strengthening, greater awareness through social communication, and political and social support, for achieving its goals.
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This web-page presents the Solar Map for El Salvador, and some reports on solar energy potencial.
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This paper examines the influence of formal education in determining the adaptive capacity of the residents of two low-income settlements where climate-related disasters are recurrent: Los Manantiales in San Salvador (El Salvador) and Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). In both case study areas, the average levels of education were lower for households living in high risk areas, as opposed to residents of lower risk areas.
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This report analyses the extent to which countries have been affected by weather-related loss events. It warns that the window for putting the world on a track to stay below two degrees Celsius is rapidly closing and preparations must be made for potentially more frequent or severe weather events in the future.