Sustainable Development and Climate Change: What is the Situation in Latin America?
Climate Change was one of the most important issues on the agenda of the Lima EU-LAC Summit of May 2008 during which the firm commitment was made to jointly tackle this challenge.
The aim of the EUrocLima Programme, identified in the Lima Declaration, is to promote knowledge sharing, fostering structured and regular dialogue at all levels and ensuring synergies and coordination of current and future actions in this field.
Within this framework, the European Commission decided to fund a study which would ascertain the problems related to climate change within Latin America. This study aims to identify the extent of climate change effects, the question of vulnerability and the ecological footprint of the region, taking into consideration the institutional
framework of this multidisciplinary challenge both on regional and national levels.
