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Institutional Capacity to Integrate Economic Development and Climate Change Considerations: An Assessment of DNAs in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Christiana Figueres (10/04, En, Es)
This report investigates the current state of the region?s national institutional capacities in the area of climate change policy and the Kyoto Protocol?s Clean Development Mechanism. In particular, it assesses the role of the Designated National Authorities (DNAs), which are the national focal points for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and explores the degree to which they have been able to successfully link their activities with economic development institutions. The report also draws on five more detailed case studies from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico, and provides recommendations for future action to be taken.
This working paper is being published with the objective of contributing to the debate on a topic of importance to the region, and to elicit comments and suggestions from interested parties. This paper has not undergone consideration by the SDS Management Team. As such, it does not reflect the official position of the Inter-American Development Bank.
Last updated: 01/16/07
