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RED IBEROMERICANA DE OFICINAS DE CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
TALLER EN EL ÁMBITO DE LA RIOCC SOBRE
“EVALUACIÓN DE PROYECTOS DE IMPACTOS, VUNERABILIDAD Y MEDIDAS DE ADAPTACIÓN AL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO”
I. DATOS GENERALES
PAÍS/PAÍSES: Uruguay
TïTULO PROYECTO: Implementation of Adaptive Measures to Climate Change and Variability in
the Agricultural Sector of Uruguay
ÁMBITO DE APLICACIÓN : Nacional
Área geográfica: Uruguay
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RECURSOS HÍDRICOS.
SECTOR AGRÍCOLA.
SALUD.
ZONAS COSTERAS.
FINANZAS.
SUELOS.
BOSQUES.
PESCA Y ECOSIST. MARINOS
ENERGÍA.
ZONAS DE MONTAÑA.
BIODIVERSIDAD.
TRANSPORTE.
TURISMO.
URBANISMO Y CONSTRUCCIÓN.
OTROS SECTORES.
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ESTRUCTURA DE COORDINACIÓN
Institución Responsable principal:
Instituciones y Agentes participantes:
Ministry of Housing, Territorial Regulation and Environment of Uruguay
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay
National Institute for Agricultural Research of Uruguay
International Research Institute for Climate and Society
RESUMEN DEL PROYECTO:
Agricultural production is a key economic activity for the MERCOSUR region, which regroups
Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. Agriculture contributes to these countries' GDP directly
and indirectly by providing inputs to their major agro-industrial production chains. The agricultural
sector is also a major provider of employment as well as a leading export sector for the economies
of the four country members. The current proposal focuses on Uruguay, but preparation of similar
proposals for the remaining MERCOSUR countries is underway. The projects will be conducted
and coordinated regionally.
Southeast South America is one of the regions of the world with largest interannual climate
variability. The agricultural sector is directly dependent on climatic conditions and can be extremely
vulnerable to climate change and variability. There are increasing scientific evidences of changes
in the global climate, the climate variability and the frequency and intensity of extreme climate
events. The observed changes in the climate of the MERCOSUR during the last century mentioned
above, suggest that the region is expected to confront even greater challenges for establishing and
maintaining sustainable agricultural production systems.
The agricultural public and private sectors currently react to unfavourable climatic events by
implementing activities to manage the crisis that result from such events. These crisis
management strategies result in huge costs for the National Governments, do not cover a large
proportion of the damaged population and are often unable to prioritize aid using objective criteria.
Crisis management measures usually do not help the damaged sectors to reduce their vulnerability
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and to be better prepared for future similar crises. Consequently, this approach does not contribute
to develop longer-term planning or adaptive measures.
An alternative approach to improve longer term planning and adaptation to climate change
including variability is the formulation and implementation of policies commonly referred to as "risk
management" strategies. The identification and evaluation of such policies in turn require robust
information and decision support systems (IDSS) that can assist government agencies to: (a)
assess the long-term risks involved in different production systems, using different technologies
and under different climate conditions, and (b) perform ex-ante evaluations of possible
interventions, i.e., evaluate the expected impacts of establishing different policies and financial
tools (insurance/credit programs), or promoting new technologies, for different climatic scenarios
The project goal is to test and implement a set of measures and policies oriented to effectively
manage climate-related risks measured in seasonal to multidecadal time scales, in order to
incorporate the adaptation to climate change including variability into the National agricultural
development plans.
II. DATOS DEL PROYECTO
FECHA DE INICIO (dd/mm/aaaa):
DURACIÓN:
PRESUPUESTO:
FUENTES DE FINANCIACIÓN: Global Environmental Facility
Ministry of Housing, Territorial Regulation and Environment of Uruguay
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay
National Institute for Agricultural Research of Uruguay
International Research Institute for Climate and Society
OBJETIVO GENERAL: The project goal is to test and implement a set of measures and policies
oriented to effectively manage climate-related risks measured in seasonal to multidecadal time
scales, in order to incorporate the adaptation to climate change including variability into the
National agricultural development plans.
OBJETIVOS ESPECÍFICOS
Objetivo nº 1: Development of Information and Decision Support System (IDSS)
METODOLOGÍA:
RESULTADOS ESPERADOS / OBTENIDOS: An
established Information and Decision Support
System (IDSS) with the capability to: (a) identify and monitor climate related risks in key
agricultural production activities, (b) assess the expected risks for agricultural production under
possible future climate scenarios, and (c) perform ex-ante assessments of the impacts of
introducing policies and technologies specifically oriented to reduce climate risks and improve
adaptation to climate change including variability
Objetivo nº 2: Capacity building
METODOLOGÍA:
RESULTADOS ESPERADOS / OBTENIDOS: Stakeholder
organizations acting in the agricultural
public and private sectors of Uruguay with established capacity to incorporate climate risk
management strategies and introduce adaptive measures in their policies, planning and
production activities
Objetivo nº 3: Pilot projects-demonstrations
METODOLOGÍA:
RESULTADOS ESPERADOS / OBTENIDOS: A
set of pilot demonstrations in selected regions and
agricultural sub-sectors of Uruguay where the climate risk management strategies and the
specific adaptive measures will be fully tested
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ART.6 CONVENCIÓN: EDUCACIÓN, FORMACIÓN Y SENSIBILIZACIÓN DEL PÚBLICO.
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VALORACIÓN DE LAS MEDIDAS DE ADAPTACIÓN PROPUESTAS
III. OTROS DATOS
REFERENCIAS:
http://portal.iri.columbia.edu/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=406&PageID=0&cached=true&mod
e=2&userID=2
CONTACTO: At International Research Institute for Climate and SOciety: Walter
Baethgen:baethgen@iri.columbia.edu, Lisa Goddard:goddard@iri.columbia.edu
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