NEW GENERATION OF RESEARCHERS ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

From January 22 to 26, a meeting was held at the University of Arizona with the members of the CARP+ ?A New Generation Of Climate Adaptation Research For Disaster Risk Reduction? (A new Generation of researchers for disaster risk reduction and climate change, in its Spanish translation) with the objective of establishing a common vision of work for all the regions that make up this project, which aims to strengthen planning and preparation to vulnerability in the regions of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Western Pacific and the Pacific Islands through applied and localized research in climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the Global South. This project creates a Climate Adaptation Research Program (CARP) that supports young and early-career scientists for research on climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

Therefore, on this occasion the Regional Coordination Unit for the Latin American and Caribbean Area (UCR) will be coordinated by the CSUCA, through a group of professionals who work hand in hand with the Program Coordination Unit (PCU). ) at the University of Arizona, who are responsible for overseeing fund management, promoting the activities of the global CARP+ community, supporting regions in partnership, and working to expand university, professional, and policymaking networks.

To comply with the results of the CARP+ Project, through the UCR for Latin America, 90 competitive prizes will be awarded over a period of 5 years to applied research projects corresponding to early career researchers with a prize of up to $10, 000.00 per project, to be developed in a maximum of 12 months; and 6 awards of up to $70,000 for projects that form collaboration networks in applied research, which will have a maximum execution duration of 2 years, and must be integrated by a minimum of three higher education institutions, representing three countries. different from the Latin American and Caribbean region.