Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Tropical Andes mountains

89 / 96

89
1. UNEP’s (2002) definition of mountainous environment includes
any of the following: Altitude of at least 2,500 m; Altitude of at
least 1,500 m, with a slope greater than 2 degrees; Altitude of at
least 1,000 m, with a slope greater than 5 degrees; Altitude of at
least 300 m, with a 300 m elevation range within 7 km.
2. Venezuelan mountain adaptation policies are not considered
in this chapter because of limited availability of specific
information central to the objectives of the assessment. This
in no way indicates that adaptation policies are not important
in these areas to protect essential services provided by
Venezuelan mountain environments and its inhabitants.
3.
de-compromiso-para-traspaso-de-dominio-de-estaciones-
y-equipos-de-red-de-monitoreo-automatico-de-paramos-y-
glaciares/
4. /fig5-26.jpg
Last reviewed 18 August 2015
5. The function of the Adaptation Committee is to promote the
implementation of enhanced action on adaptation in a coherent
manner under the Convention.
groups_committees/adaptation_committee/items/6053.php
6.
7. “Sub-regional” level is defined as a limited number of countries
within Latin America and the Caribbean;
8. Last accessed 17
August 2015.
9.
tipo=QU&title=somos-comunidad-andina Last accessed 17
August 2015.
10. Please refer to the case study.
11. -is-the-
pacific-alliance Last accessed 17 August 2015.
12.
17_cambio_climatico_ingles.pdf
13. per
cent20Nacional per cent20de per cent20Desarrollo.pdf Last
accessed 17 August 2015
14. Published in the Official Record No. 300 by the Plurinational
Legislative Assembly on 15 October 2012
15.
law-mother-earth-and-holistic-development-living-well
16.
article?id=476:plantilla-cambio-climatico-32#documentos
17.
hernandez-gaonacolombiadepartment-of-planning Last accessed
Notes
8 September 2015
18.
pdf Last accessed 8 August 2015
19.
html Last accessed 8 April 2015.
20. Published in the Official Record No. 636 of 17 July 2009.
21. The CICC includes the Ministry of Environment, the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Integration,
the National Planning and Development Secretariat, the
Coordinating Ministries of Heritage, Social Development,
Strategic Sectors and Production, Employment and
Competitiveness, and the National Secretariat for Water
and Risk Management
22.
hacia_2021.pdf Last accessed 10 October 2015
23.
nacional/politicas-de-estado per centE2 per cent80 per cent8B/
politicas-de-estado-castellano/
24.
Ambiente.pdf Last accessed 10 October 2015
25.
nueva-estrategia-nacional-ante-el-cambio-climatico-encc/
Last accessed 10 October 2015.
26. Translated by the authors from: Plan de Acción de Adaptación
y Mitigación frente al Cambio Climático, 27, MINAM. http://
y-mitigacion-frente-al-cambio-climatico/ Last accessed 8 June
2015.
27. per
cent20Documents/Peru/1/INDC per cent20Per per centC3
per centBA per cent20english.pdf
28. The key risks and accompanying vulnerabilities were identified
through a stakeholder consultation process, literature review
and feedback from questionnaires. See Chapter 2 for more
detail.
29.
files/ley_de_la_madre_tierra_20121015-11-53-28.pdf Last
accessed 27 September 2015.
30.
delRecursoHidrico/pdf/Presentaci per centC3 per centB3n_
Pol per centC3 per centADtica_Nacional_-_Gesti per centC3
per centB3n_/libro_pol_nal_rec_hidrico.pdf
31. Last accessed
27 September 2015
32.
33.
e-integral-de-recursos-hidricos-se-fortalece-con-firma-de-
contrato-entre-secretaria-del-agua-e-ineco/ Last accessed 27
September 2015.
34. At its signing in 2002, the National Agreement contained 29
state policies.
35.
nacional/politicas-de-estado per centE2 per cent80 per
cent8B/politicas-de-estado-castellano/iv-estado-eficiente-
transparente-y-descentralizado/33-politica-de-estado-sobre-
los-recursos-hidricos/
36. Published in May 2015 in the Supreme Decree Nº
006-2015-MINAGRI
politicas.pdf Last accessed 27 September 2015.
37.
nacional-de-investigacion-en-glaciares-y-ecosistemas-de-
montana-inaigem-ya-cuenta-con-presidente-ejecutivo/ Last
accessed 29 September 2015
38. per
cent20Documents/Colombia/1/Colombia per cent20INDC
per cent20Unofficial per cent20translation per cent20Eng.pdf
39.
num=38928813 Last accessed 28 September 2015.
40.
gestion/Gestin/Plan per cent20de per cent20Acci per centC3
per centB3n/Plan per cent20de per cent20Accion per
cent202014 per cent20Evaluado per cent20a per cent2031-12-
2014.pdf Last accessed 27 September 2015.
41.
ciat/ Last accessed 29 September 2015.
42.
Bolivia_V_A_REPORT01-02-06.pdf
43.
uploaded/EA_Salud.pdf
44.
RIDE/VS/PP/SA/Adaptacion-cambio-climatico-salud-
ambiental.pdf#search=cambio per cent2520clim per cent25C3
per cent25A1tico Last accessed 29 September 2015.
45.
per centC3 per centB3-18-mil per cent20millones.aspx Last
accessed 29 September 2015.
46.
heladas-y-friaje-2015-2/ Last accessed 14 October 2015.
47. Last
accessed 14 October 2015.