Carolina Guzman

The impacts of a capacity-building workshop in a randomized adaptation project

Nature Climate Change (2019) Francisco Alpízar, María Bernedo Del Carpio, Paul J. Ferraro & Ben S. Meiselman. Abstract Encouraging adaptation to climate change is fundamentally about encouraging changes in human behaviour. To promote these changes, governments, non-profits and multilateral institutions have invested in a range of adaptation projects. Yet there is little empirical evidence about which project components areContinueContinue reading “The impacts of a capacity-building workshop in a randomized adaptation project”

Policy design for the Anthropocene

Nature Sustainability (2019) Thomas Sterner, Edward B. Barbier, Ian Bateman, Inge van den Bijgaart, Anne-Sophie Crépin, Ottmar Edenhofer, Carolyn Fischer, Wolfgang Habla, John Hassler, Olof Johansson-Stenman, Andreas Lange, Stephen Polasky, Johan Rockström, Henrik G. Smith, Will Steffen, Gernot Wagner, James E. Wilen, Francisco Alpízar, Christian Azar, Donna Carless, Carlos Chávez, Jessica Coria, Gustav Engström, Sverker C. Jagers, Gunnar Köhlin, Åsa Löfgren, Håkan Pleijel & Amanda Robinson. Abstract Today, more than ever, ‘Spaceship Earth’ is an apt metaphor as we chart the boundaries forContinueContinue reading “Policy design for the Anthropocene”

Market-Based Instruments for Managing Hazardous Chemicals: A Review of the Literature and Future Research Agenda

Sustainability (2019) Daniel Slunge & Francisco Alpizar. Abstract We take stock of the lessons learned from using market-based instruments in chemicals management and discuss the potential for increased use of risk-based taxation in the management of pesticides and other hazardous chemicals. Many chemical substances cause significant diffuse emissions when emitted over wide areas at individuallyContinueContinue reading “Market-Based Instruments for Managing Hazardous Chemicals: A Review of the Literature and Future Research Agenda”

Climate change perceptions and adaptive responses of small-scale coffee farmers in Costa Rica

Mesoamerican Agronomy (2019) Barbara Viguera , Francisco Alpizar , Celia A. Harvey , M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez , Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez. Abstract Introducción. El cambio climático afectará la distribución, productividad y rentabilidad del cultivo de café en América Central, perjudicando las economías nacionales y los medios de vida de los pequeños productores. Es necesario entender cómo el cambio climático está afectando a los pequeños caficultores enContinueContinue reading “Climate change perceptions and adaptive responses of small-scale coffee farmers in Costa Rica”

Climate change perceptions and adaptive responses of small-scale farmers in two Guatemalan landscape

Mesoamerican Agronomy (2019) Bárbara Viguera , Francisco Alpízar , Celia A. Harvey , M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez , Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez , Lucía Contreras Abstract Introducción. Se espera que, a consecuencia del cambio climático, cultivos como el café (Coffea arabica L.), maíz (Zea mays) y frijol (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) sean menos productivos en América Central. Esto perjudicará la economía regional y los medios de vida de los pequeños productores, quienesContinueContinue reading “Climate change perceptions and adaptive responses of small-scale farmers in two Guatemalan landscape”

Gobernanza para la Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas (AbE) para pequeños caficultores de América Central

Agronomía Mesoamericana (2019). Raffaele Vignola, Marco Otarola, Francisco Alpizar, Pavel Rivera. Abstract Introducción. Las prácticas agrícolas basadas en el buen manejo de los ecosistemas son promovidas como una buena estrategia de adaptación para las actividades productivas de pequeños caficultores en la región Centroamericana. La diseminación de la información sobre innovaciones, técnicas, instrumentos, etc. entre las organizaciones y productores esContinueContinue reading “Gobernanza para la Adaptación basada en Ecosistemas (AbE) para pequeños caficultores de América Central”

Context Matters: Exploring the Cost-effectiveness of Fixed Payments and Procurement Auctions for PES

Ecological Economics (2018) Liv Lundberg U., Martin Persson, Francisco Alpizar, Kristian Lindgren. Abstract Successfully implemented payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs can provide both conservation of nature and financial support to rural communities. In this paper, we explore how PES programs can be designed so as to maximize the amount of additional ecosystem services providedContinueContinue reading “Context Matters: Exploring the Cost-effectiveness of Fixed Payments and Procurement Auctions for PES”

Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events

Regional Environmental Change (2020) Francisco Alpízar, Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez, M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez, Bárbara Viguera, Raffaele Vignola, Tabaré Capitán & Celia A. Harvey. Abstract To ensure food security among rural communities under a changing climate, policymakers need information on the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity, the role of extreme weather events in exacerbating food insecurity, and the strategies that farmers use to copeContinueContinue reading “Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events”