This conference is being co-organized by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Inter-American Institute (IAI), Argentina's Center for Research on Oceans and Atmosphere, and Uruguay's University of the Republic. The WCRP Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) aims to identify gaps and ways to overcome limitations in the chain of knowledge from basic to applied climate science to informing policy and decisions that are particularly relevant for LAC.  

dates: 17-21 March 2014   location: Montevideo, Uruguay   contact: Analía Fein   e-mail: 2014wcrp@gmail.com   www: http://www.cima.fcen.uba.ar/WCRP/