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Open AccessCan we pull resilience from the rubble? experiencing earthquakes in Mexico City
This paper serves as an introduction to focus on the meaning of resilience as a notion that hypothetically enables cities and their citizens to remain unaffected by shocks and stresses of diverse nature, but i...
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Under the rubble: disaster risk management and accountability after the Mexico City earthquake of September 19, 2017
After thirty-two years of the devastating earthquake in Mexico City in 1985, the city was again shaken by the consequences of the 7.1 Mw earthquake that struck central Mexico on September 19, 2017. The impact of ...
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Open AccessUnderstanding humanitarian localization in Latin America—as local as possible: but how necessary?
This paper questions the pertinence of the humanitarian aid localization agenda in Latin America, at least in the narrow sense embraced by the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit. Localized support has been the sta...
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Carbon Finance and Emission Trading in Mexico: Building Lessons from the CDM Experience and FOMECAR (Mexican Carbon Fund)
A more general lesson from the past decade is that climate policy and carbon initiatives such as ETS and carbon pricing are not static concepts, but are instead constantly evolving and building upon previous e...
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Climate Resilient Development Pathways in the US-Mexico Border Region: The Case of the El Paso del Norte Metropolitan Area
Intensification of extreme events over the past decades shows how climate change effects in northern Mexico can increase vulnerability within border communities. Together with environmental changes, ecological...
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Managing Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Latin America and the Caribbean: Institutions, Challenges, and Opportunities
Managing climate change and disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a work in progress. Diverse institutional efforts have produced different kinds of local and national responses t...
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Managing Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Latin America and the Caribbean: Institutions, Challenges, and Opportunities
Managing climate change and disaster risk reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a work in progress. Diverse institutional efforts have produced different kinds of local and national responses t...
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Environmental Sustainability in the 2030 Agenda: Is Mexico up to the Task?
For Mexico, the negotiation process on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the subsequent adoption of the 2030 Agenda have provided the ideal scenario for strengthening its position as an emerging power, both...
