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THE DESIGN OF CLIMATE INSTITUTIONS: CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE ANALYSIS1 1 . This article, with some modifications, was one of the background documents for the II Regional Symposium on Climate Change and Decision Making (August 19 - 20, 2015, Montevideo - Uruguay), organized by Regional Center on Climate Change and Decision Making. Thanks to Romain Svartzman for his excellent work as research assistant in the development of this document.

Abstract

This article explores the issue of designing government institutions in charge of the climate agenda in the Latin American context. To this end, it identifies some key political challenges facing climate institutions in the countries of the region. In particular, it discusses four topics: First, the cross cutting nature of the climate agenda; second, the long-term perspective (and levels of uncertainty) posed by climate problems against the tighter time frames of political cycles; third, the power asymmetry between the government agencies in charge of climate issues and other areas of government; finally, the implementation deficits of climate policies. The article also discusses different types of institutional design responses to address each of these challenges and the advantages and limitations of each one.

Keywords:
Climate change; climate governance; climate politics and policy; institutional design; Latin America

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