CALA's Regional Learning Event

• Latin America and the Caribbean | May 8-9, 2024 | Online •

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Adriana Loureiro Fernandez / Save The Children

Regional Learning Event on Climate Adaptation and Risk Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

This learning event, the first in a series of regional events organized by USAID's Climate Adaptation Learning Activity (CALA), convened 132 stakeholders involved in USAID-funded programming on climate adaptation and risk reduction in the LAC region. Hosted online on May 8-9, 2024, sessions offered participants a chance to discuss challenges and promising practices, and identify outstanding evidence gaps in the following topics:

  • Community-led Early Warning, Response, and Adaptation: Climate Information Services and Urban Adaptation & Risk Reduction Programming; and
  • Capacity Strengthening for Climate Change Adaptations: Climate-resilient Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (NRM).

Participants also discussed cross-cutting topics including Equity, Inclusion and Gender, as well as Community-led Climate Adaptations. Please click on the buttons below to read the learning briefs from the event:

Read the learning brief (Eng) Leer el resumen de aprendizaje (Esp)

Please click on the following links to access materials from this event: Agenda in English | Agenda in Spanish | Presentation Day 1 | Presentation Day 2 | English recording | Grabación en español

CALA is an initiative funded by USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) that works to strengthen knowledge and learning on climate change adaptation programming through research and evidence. To learn more about CALA, please click on the buttons below for a recording of our launch event and our webpage.

CALA's Launch Event Recording About CALA

Any questions? Contact us at CALA@savechildren.org. 

This event is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Climate Adaptation Learning Activity (CALA) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.