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| Title
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Regional Masters Degree in Climate Change |
| Partner
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CATHALAC (Water Center for Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean)
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| Date of submission
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01/07/2009
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| Description
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CATHALAC Action pledge II
The Regional Master’s degree in Climate Change at CATHALAC is a programme designed from the Latin American reality perspective in order to train professionals capable of developing solutions to reduce vulnerability, propose adaptation measures and mitigation strategies customized to the local context. Additionally, participants will be able to create long‐term sustainable development projects, through application of in‐depth knowledge acquired on the evolving global socio-economic context, and international negotiations and related mechanisms.
This pledge contributes to the areas of work:
- Methods and tools;
- Data and observations;
- Climate related risks and extreme events;
- Adaptation planning and practices;
- Climate modeling, scenarios and downscaling;
- Technologies for adaptation. |
| Further information
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Regional Masters Degree in Climate Change
http://www.cathalac.org/Regional_Masters_Degree_in_Climate_Change |
| Regional focus
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Caribbean and Central America
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| Sector
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Business
Education and training
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| Adaptation delivery activity
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Capacity building
Education
Pilot adaptation programmes/projects
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| NWP work area
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Adaptation planning and practices
Methods and tools
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| Target group
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Academics
Communities
Policy makers
Practitioners
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Organizations, institutions and private sector companies at all levels and in a wide range of sectors can become engaged with the NWP by becoming a partner and making Action Pledges. Information about how organizations can become engaged with work on adaptation under the NWP can be found here.
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