Analysis | The Chilean Altiplano: When it rains, it pours
René Garreaud, Deputy Director, Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2
A large part of the Chilean Altiplano (the mountainous zone in the Chilean regions...
Policy Brief | Water crisis in the Petorca basin: a combination of water management...
The water shortage in Petorca cannot be explained solely by the megadrought that has affected central Chile over the last decade.
Water management, extraction,...
Analysis | Browning in the forests of central Chile
Alejandro Miranda, Antonio Lara, Adison Altamirano, Carlos Di Bella, Mauro E. González & Jesús Camarero
Something is happening in the sclerophyllous forests of central Chile:...
Analysis | A ‘recado’ for CORFO and the Chilean Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge...
By Cecilia Ibarra, associate researcher at the Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2
Climate action as a guiding mission for STI policy
A mission-oriented public...
Policy Brief | Water rights in Chile: An approach at odds with natural processes
In Chile, water is considered a national good for public use and usage rights are granted to private individuals, who as titleholders can use,...
Analysis | The Pacific Ocean’s “hot blob” and heatwaves in Chile
René Garreaud, Deputy Director, Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2 ; and Martín Jacques, principal investigator, Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2
The “hot...
Bulletin Nº1 Chile’s New Constitution and Climate Change | The Climate Emergency
Authors: Pilar Moraga, Andrea Rudnick, Maisa Rojas, Anahí Urquiza, and Laura Gallardo | Editorial Leadership: Dominique Hervé and Pilar Moraga | Editorial Team: Roxana Bórquez and José Barraza.
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Policy brief | Environmental injustice and sacrifice zones: The Puchuncaví case
The socio-environmental history of Puchuncaví, a renowned sacrifice zone located in the Valparaíso Region, Chile, has been reconstructed for the last 136 years.
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Analysis | Towards a better forecast of heat waves in the Chilean south-central zone
Never and nowhere do heat waves (HW) go unnoticed. That is particularly true during the summer in the south-central zone of Chile, which extends...
Policy brief | Increase of river and stream flow through native forest restoration in...
After 14 years of research, it was shown that recovering areas with native vegetation generates an increase in flows immediately and its maintenance...
