This is a research report prepared by María Jazmín Chávez Álvarez (Former Researcher at UNU-CRIS), Nidhi Nagabhatla (Nature, Climate and Health Cluster Coordinator at UNU-CRIS), Daniela Chamorro Moreno (Former Researcher at UNU-CRIS), Sil Katrien Maslov-Lescrauwaet (Former Researcher at UNU-CRIS), Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann (Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)) and Philippe De Lombaerde (Director of the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies UNU-CRIS).