This document is the result of a project promoted by the Latin American Platform on Climate (PCL) with the aim of strengthening the development of the climate change agenda at the national level in the Latin-American countries.
Authors: Tiago Reis, Fernanda Bortolotto, Gabriela Russo Lopes and Laura Braga.
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