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Methodological guide for testing the Belém Adaptation Indicators of the Global Goal on Adaptation
This guide was developed by Fundación Argentina 1.5 and Fundación Gran Chaco, with the support of Fundación Avina, combining the organizations' experiences with multi-level adaptation actions and drawing upon a pilot exercise conducted in the province of Chaco, Argentina. The guide aims to contribute to the global effort to pilot the Belém Adaptation Indicators by offering a practical perspective based on 11 interviews with representatives from countries, country groups, and organizations that generously shared their processes, challenges, and expectations.
Methodological guide for testing the Belém Adaptation Indicators of the Global Goal on Adaptation
This guide was developed by Fundación Argentina 1.5 and Fundación Gran Chaco, with the support of Fundación Avina, combining the organizations' experiences with multi-level adaptation actions and drawing upon a pilot exercise conducted in the province of Chaco, Argentina. The guide aims to contribute to the global effort to pilot the Belém Adaptation Indicators by offering a practical perspective based on 11 interviews with representatives from countries, country groups, and organizations that generously shared their processes, challenges, and expectations.
Deforestation Roadmap: discussions and structuring elements on the road to COP31 in Antalya
Forests provide essential ecosystem services for addressing the global environmental and climate crisis. Their capacity to store carbon, regulate hydrological cycles, stabilize regional temperatures, conserve biodiversity, and sustain the livelihoods of millions of people makes them a central component of international mitigation and adaptation strategies. Given their importance, forest management has gained increasing prominence on the international agenda. The most recent effort to revitalize this agenda is the Roadmap to Halt and Reverse Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030, launched by the COP30 Presidency in response to paragraphs 33 and 34 of the first Global Stocktake. This Policy Brief aims to briefly reconstruct the evolution of the forest agenda within the UNFCCC; examine the key features of the initiative; and highlight the main elements that emerged from the submissions and discussions held by the Parties. Finally, it is proposed to identify a series of barriers and recommendations associated with them, aimed at strengthening the Leaflet process on the way to the Conference of the Parties (COP31) of the UNFCCC that will take place in Antalya.
Deforestation Roadmap: discussions and structuring elements on the road to COP31 in Antalya
Forests provide essential ecosystem services for addressing the global environmental and climate crisis. Their capacity to store carbon, regulate hydrological cycles, stabilize regional temperatures, conserve biodiversity, and sustain the livelihoods of millions of people makes them a central component of international mitigation and adaptation strategies. Given their importance, forest management has gained increasing prominence on the international agenda. The most recent effort to revitalize this agenda is the Roadmap to Halt and Reverse Deforestation and Forest Degradation by 2030, launched by the COP30 Presidency in response to paragraphs 33 and 34 of the first Global Stocktake. This Policy Brief aims to briefly reconstruct the evolution of the forest agenda within the UNFCCC; examine the key features of the initiative; and highlight the main elements that emerged from the submissions and discussions held by the Parties. Finally, it is proposed to identify a series of barriers and recommendations associated with them, aimed at strengthening the Leaflet process on the way to the Conference of the Parties (COP31) of the UNFCCC that will take place in Antalya.
Towards an equitable Global Stocktake: recommendations from Latin America and the Caribbean for the adaptation agenda in the second Global Stocktake
The project "Strengthening the Perspectives of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Assessment of Progress on Adaptation in the Second Global Stocktake", promoted by Argentina 1.5 and the Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA), aimed to deepen the analysis of the gaps identified in the first Global Stocktake, with special attention to the adaptation mandates of Article 7.14 of the Paris Agreement. Based on this analysis, the project sought to generate concrete regional inputs, supported by empirical evidence, to contribute to the second Global Stocktake process. Within this framework, the proposal created spaces for exchange and the substantive participation of key organizations and actors from Latin America and the Caribbean through three virtual workshops, a webinar, and a meeting with negotiators and representatives of civil society organizations during the 64th meeting of the UNFCCC subsidiary bodies. These spaces allowed for an analysis of the evolution of adaptation mandates within the Global Stocktake framework and the identification of critical gaps. This document synthesizes the evidence obtained throughout the various stages of the project, which has been used to develop recommendations and policy messages that contribute to the global process under the UNFCCC.
Towards an equitable Global Stocktake: recommendations from Latin America and the Caribbean for the adaptation agenda in the second Global Stocktake
The project "Strengthening the Perspectives of Latin America and the Caribbean in the Assessment of Progress on Adaptation in the Second Global Stocktake", promoted by Argentina 1.5 and the Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA), aimed to deepen the analysis of the gaps identified in the first Global Stocktake, with special attention to the adaptation mandates of Article 7.14 of the Paris Agreement. Based on this analysis, the project sought to generate concrete regional inputs, supported by empirical evidence, to contribute to the second Global Stocktake process. Within this framework, the proposal created spaces for exchange and the substantive participation of key organizations and actors from Latin America and the Caribbean through three virtual workshops, a webinar, and a meeting with negotiators and representatives of civil society organizations during the 64th meeting of the UNFCCC subsidiary bodies. These spaces allowed for an analysis of the evolution of adaptation mandates within the Global Stocktake framework and the identification of critical gaps. This document synthesizes the evidence obtained throughout the various stages of the project, which has been used to develop recommendations and policy messages that contribute to the global process under the UNFCCC.
Navigating the just energy transition in Latin America Towards GST2: a stakeholder and policy analysis of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.
This technical report was prepared as part of the project entitled: Latin America facing GST2: strengthening its role in the transition away from fossil fuels, executed by the energy division of Argentina 1.5. The project is based on the certainty of the region’s potential for a just energy transition and calls for cooperation among countries and multiple actors to mobilize domestic and international political positions toward paths consistent with the Paris Agreement. To do this, it relies on four regional cases: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. The report involves document review and data collection of official policy documents at the national level, such as national plans, strategies, as well as international documents, National Determined Contributions (NDC), Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs), statements and submissions elaborated by negotiating groups of LAC at the UNFCCC: AILAC and grupo SUR. Also includes a mapping exercise of key stakeholders related but not limited to the energy sector, national energy authorities, UNFCCC negotiators, and NGOs, among others was also conducted.
Navigating the just energy transition in Latin America Towards GST2: a stakeholder and policy analysis of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.
This technical report was prepared as part of the project entitled: Latin America facing GST2: strengthening its role in the transition away from fossil fuels, executed by the energy division of Argentina 1.5. The project is based on the certainty of the region’s potential for a just energy transition and calls for cooperation among countries and multiple actors to mobilize domestic and international political positions toward paths consistent with the Paris Agreement. To do this, it relies on four regional cases: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. The report involves document review and data collection of official policy documents at the national level, such as national plans, strategies, as well as international documents, National Determined Contributions (NDC), Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs), statements and submissions elaborated by negotiating groups of LAC at the UNFCCC: AILAC and grupo SUR. Also includes a mapping exercise of key stakeholders related but not limited to the energy sector, national energy authorities, UNFCCC negotiators, and NGOs, among others was also conducted.
Testing of the Belém Adaptation Indicators in the Province of Chaco, Argentina. Lessons learned from a multi-scale exercise.
Argentina 1.5 and Gran Chaco Foundations have embarked on a joint journey to contribute to the testing of the BAI from a multi-scalar and multi-level perspective of adaptation. This policy report summarizes the progress made in recent months, which has involved joint capacity building and an effort to understand the extent to which BAI are applicable to the realities of the Chaco province in Argentina, and in particular, to the livestock production chain. To this end, the UAE-FGCR, along with the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) submitted by Argentina to the UNFCCC and the draft Response Plan of the Chaco province under Law 27.520, have been considered as key inputs for the exercise.
Testing of the Belém Adaptation Indicators in the Province of Chaco, Argentina. Lessons learned from a multi-scale exercise.
Argentina 1.5 and Gran Chaco Foundations have embarked on a joint journey to contribute to the testing of the BAI from a multi-scalar and multi-level perspective of adaptation. This policy report summarizes the progress made in recent months, which has involved joint capacity building and an effort to understand the extent to which BAI are applicable to the realities of the Chaco province in Argentina, and in particular, to the livestock production chain. To this end, the UAE-FGCR, along with the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) submitted by Argentina to the UNFCCC and the draft Response Plan of the Chaco province under Law 27.520, have been considered as key inputs for the exercise.
Collective assessment of adaptation from the first to the second Global Stocktake: state of play
The Paris Agreement establishes the Global Stocktake as a periodic mechanism to determine collective progress toward achieving long-term goals. The Global Stocktake is a facilitative process that involves all components of the Agreement—mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage, and means of implementation— in light of equity and the best available scientific information. At the same time, the Paris Agreement establishes a set of key aspects regarding the collective assessment of adaptation progress in the Global Stocktake in Article 7.14. However, the first Global Stocktake (GST1) highlighted the persistent political and technical obstacles that marginalize adaptation in international climate governance. Specifically, the fundamental mandates of this Article faced significant implementation dilemmas, resulting in a limited depth of this collective assessment of adaptation. There is a risk that these scenarios will be repeated in the second Global Stocktake (GST2), which begins this year. This synthesis report is part of a project by Argentina 1.5 and supported by the Adaptation Research Alliance that seeks to strengthen the understanding of the gaps identified in GST1, paying special attention to the mandates on adaptation, with a view to generating evidence-based proposals from Latin America and the Caribbean towards GST2.
Collective assessment of adaptation from the first to the second Global Stocktake: state of play
The Paris Agreement establishes the Global Stocktake as a periodic mechanism to determine collective progress toward achieving long-term goals. The Global Stocktake is a facilitative process that involves all components of the Agreement—mitigation, adaptation, loss and damage, and means of implementation— in light of equity and the best available scientific information. At the same time, the Paris Agreement establishes a set of key aspects regarding the collective assessment of adaptation progress in the Global Stocktake in Article 7.14. However, the first Global Stocktake (GST1) highlighted the persistent political and technical obstacles that marginalize adaptation in international climate governance. Specifically, the fundamental mandates of this Article faced significant implementation dilemmas, resulting in a limited depth of this collective assessment of adaptation. There is a risk that these scenarios will be repeated in the second Global Stocktake (GST2), which begins this year. This synthesis report is part of a project by Argentina 1.5 and supported by the Adaptation Research Alliance that seeks to strengthen the understanding of the gaps identified in GST1, paying special attention to the mandates on adaptation, with a view to generating evidence-based proposals from Latin America and the Caribbean towards GST2.