Author(s)

Paulina Virues-Contreras¹, Laura Ruelas Monjardin², Beatriz Del Valle-Cárdenas¹

¹Regional Sustainable Development Academy, The Veracruz College, Veracruz, Mexico.
²Postgraduate and Research Department, Xalapa Higher Technological Institute, Veracruz, Mexico.

The paper aims to analyze climate change adaptation projects funded from international cooperation in Veracruz, which is a Mexican state. They used 5 criteria based on international, national and local dimensions as well as their relation to climate adaptation. From this evaluation, they were able to determine that the results were particularly negative. Mostly, because the objectives set by donor countries are scarcely related to the objectives and priorities of recipient countries, in this case developing countries, which are the most vulnerable to climate change. This provides insight into international collaborative projects in developing states and their impact on the socioeconomic, environmental and vulnerable ecosystems.

Adaptation to Climate Change, Adaptive Capacities, International Cooperation, Vulnerability to Climate Change

Virues-Contreras, P. , Monjardin, L. and Valle-Cárdenas, B. (2020) International Cooperation in Adaptation to Climate Change: Foreign Agendas or Local Necessities?. American Journal of Climate Change, 9, 480-505. doi: 10.4236/ajcc.2020.94030.