Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Tropical Andes mountains

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Production Team Tina Schoolmeester, GRID-Arendal Miguel Saravia, CONDESAN Magnus Andresen, GRID-Arendal Julio Postigo, CONDESAN, Universidad del Pacífico Alejandra Valverde, CONDESAN, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Matthias Jurek, GRID-Arendal Björn Alfthan, GRID-Arendal Silvia Giada, UNEP

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Contributors Angela Soriano, CONDESAN Bert de Bievre, CONDESAN Boris Orlowsky, University of Zurich, Switzerland Clever Mafuta, GRID-Arendal Dirk Hoffmann, Instituto Boliviano de la Montana - BMI Edith Fernandez-Baca, UNDP Eva Costas, Ministry of Environment, Ecuador Gabriela Maldonado, CONDESAN Harald Egerer, UNEP Ieva Rucevska, GRID-Arendal Manuel Peralvo, CONDESAN Marie Halvorsen, GRID-Arendal Rolando Celleri, Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador Selene Baez, CONDESAN Tiina Kurvits, GRID-Arendal Koen Verbist, UNESCO Larisa Semernya, UNEP

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Recommended Citation Schoolmeester, T.; Saravia, M.; Andresen, M.; Postigo, J.; Valverde, A.; Jurek, M.; Alfthan, B. and Giada, S. 2016. Outlook on Climate Change Adaptation in the Tropical Andes mountains. Mountain Adaptation Outlook Series . United Nations Environment Programme, GRID- Arendal and CONDESAN. Nairobi, Arendal, Vienna and Lima. www.unep.org, www.grida.no, www.condesan.org

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