International post-graduate training in DRR and CCA launched in Mexico

In December 2013, CATALYST partners and several think tank members implemented  the first ‘CATALYST-Local’ initiative in Mexico: Working with the rural community of Las Palomas in the Sierra Gorda, the CATALYST-Local Winter Academy brought 25 young researchers from Europe and Mexico together to learn to apply first-hand concepts and methods supporting adaptative management and DRR. The next academy will take place in Mexico with the same community in April 2015. Read more….