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Building a regional adaptation strategy for Amazon countries

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  • Maria Antonia Tigre

    (Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University)

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The IPCC has predicted that the Amazon rainforest will suffer strong consequences from a changing climate in the near future. The Amazon countries still have limited national policies on how to adapt and have failed to cooperate to promote adaptation plans at the regional level. Most studies have focused on adaptation policies at a local or national level, but overlook how these interact with the necessary regional cooperation required in transboundary ecosystems. This article assesses regional and national plans for climate adaptation in Amazonia, asking whether these provide a basis for regional adaptation policies. Have countries addressed climate adaptation in their NDCs and are there any synergies between countries? Are the Amazon countries currently implementing adaptation policies through the regional framework Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, and if so how? The analysis is then contrasted with the regional adaptation policies promoted in Central America, a region that faces similar challenges. The analysis finds that regional adaptation governance in the Amazon region is still incipient, and requires a holistic view that integrates a multi-stakeholder approach to climate adaptation. This article makes a vital contribution to the impact and contribution of Amazonia to climate governance, which is still poorly understood.

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  • Maria Antonia Tigre, 2019. "Building a regional adaptation strategy for Amazon countries," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 19(4), pages 411-427, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:ieaple:v:19:y:2019:i:4:d:10.1007_s10784-019-09443-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s10784-019-09443-w
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