Latin America and the Caribbean

Data is highlighting government efforts to address climate change, and helping identify the gaps, investment priorities, and policies which will allow Chile to address climate change impacts in the years ahead.

Posted on November 23, 2021

Climate change threatens to undo decades of development progress in Small Island Developing States and least developed countries. Their governments and people, however, are standing up.

Posted on November 12, 2021

Guatemala's strategy to incorporate gender considerations in its NDC.

Posted on January 6, 2021

The document outlines the design and development of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting System (MER) for Marine-Coastal Zones for the Climate Change Adaptation Component of the National Climate Change Information System (SNICC), with the establishment of baselines and Indicators in priority areas of biological importance.

Posted on December 21, 2020

In recognition of the leadership and commitment of the organizations in Peru that have joined the country's climate action, the recognition event of the "1st Anniversary of the Peru Carbon Footprint" has been planned for January 14, 2021.

Posted on December 16, 2020

IRENA in conjunction with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and UK COP26 are hosting the webinar “Advancing the Energy Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)” as a forum for regional discussion on raising the ambition of the national climate pledges in the lead up to COP26, through enhanced NDCs, and exploring in particular the key role this plays in LAC countries’ energy transitions and economic…

Posted on December 9, 2020

This report estimates the private sector investment potential for delivering NDC sectoral targets for the agriculture sector in Paraguay through assessments of the NDC targets, the enabling environment, the current market and Paraguay’s investment potential.

Posted on December 8, 2020

Monitoring climate adaptation in Guatemala’s marine coastal zones – for the benefit of people and planet

Posted on December 4, 2020

Este documento describe la metodología del proceso participativo para la formulación de las Contribuciones Determinadas a nivel nacional (NDC, por sus siglas en inglés) de Ecuador. Se ha realizado con base en el proceso implementado para la formulación de la Primera NDC de Ecuador entre el 2018 y 2019.

Posted on November 25, 2020

The Caribbean Cooperative Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Hub (the MRV Hub) is pioneering a regional approach to transparency reporting.

Posted on November 9, 2020

Aportar a la creación de una coalición juvenil latinoamericana por la acción climática y validar las democracias que estructuran a nuestras sociedades, por medio de una efectiva y vinculante participación ciudadana en todos los niveles deliberativos y que involucre el acceso a la información y una educación interactiva capaz de movilizar a los jóvenes delante de la emergencia de la crisis socioambiental climática, garantizando la #AcciónporelClima necesaria.

Posted on November 7, 2020

On 27 August 2020, the Caribbean NDC (National Determined Contributions) Support Virtual Exchange Platform held its 4th Session: Accounting and Tracking Progress for NDCs. The Katowice Climate Package provides clarification and guidance to Parties in accounting and tracking of their NDCs.

Posted on October 19, 2020

Este evento busca identificar barreras, desafíos, buenas prácticas, oportunidades y necesidades, para incrementar la inclusión y participación de los actores no estatales en las acciones encaminadas a la implementación del #AcuerdodeParís en América Latina y el Caribe. Esta sesión es parte del Evento Regional Conjunto 2020 "Acción climática en tiempos de crisis: Potenciando la recuperación sostenible en Latinoamérica y el Caribe" organizado conjuntamente por LEDS LAC, EUROCLIMA+, BID y PNUD, e…

Posted on October 19, 2020

This is the second webinar of the Climate Promise framed in the Regional event “Climate action in times of crisis”, Promoting sustainable post-COVID-19 recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean. The next webinar that is being organized by UNDP is "Adaptation: From the Promise to Action", this event seeks to expose the relevance and advantages of integrating the adaptation to climate change into the Nationally Determined Contributions and into the development planning instruments. A group of…

Posted on October 9, 2020

Pocas megaciudades están asentadas en un desierto. Lima es una de ellas. A diferencia del resto de Perú, aquí el agua es un recurso naturalmente escaso que depende de los glaciares que el cambio climático ya ha derretido en un 51% en este país, según la Autoridad Nacional del Agua.

Posted on October 6, 2020

This the third virtual event in the Regional LEDS LAC series “Climate action in times of crisis" and focuses on the integration of nature-based solutions, forests and indigenious people in the NDC.

Posted on October 2, 2020

En este evento se informará cómo llegar a cero emisiones netas en el contexto de una recuperación post-COVID. Se contará con un panel de discusión donde expertos brindarán su punto de vista sobre este tema.

Posted on September 23, 2020

Peru's Ministry of Environment will launch its National Registry of Mitigation Measures on Tuesday, 22 September.

Posted on September 18, 2020

This joint LEDS LAC event, which is held virtually this year, will focus on "Climate action in times of crisis: “Promoting sustainable recovery after COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean”. In particular, we will discuss three main thematic areas (1) Design of long-term strategies, (2) Update and raising ambition of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and (3) a sectoral component particularly related for transport and sustainable mobility.

Posted on August 31, 2020

The objective of Argentina’s current NDC is to reduce emissions and improve resilience to climate change in the context of development priorities.

Posted on August 19, 2020

The objective of Guatemala’s NDC is to reduce emissions from business as usual and reduce the country's vulnerability to climate impacts in the context of national development priorities.

Posted on August 19, 2020

The objective of Paraguay’ first NDC is to reduce emissions from business as usual (BAU) and reduce the country’s vulnerability to climate impacts in the context of national development priorities.

Posted on August 19, 2020

The objective of Colombia’s NDC is to move the country toward a low-carbon economy and carbon neutrality. It also seeks to increase Colombia’s resilience as a country highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Posted on August 19, 2020

The objective of Chile’s first NDC wasis to reduce CO2 emissions per gross domestic product (GDP) unit by up to 30-45% below 2007 levels by 2030. In addition, Chile has committed to sustainable development and the recovery of 100,000 hectares of forest land, mainly native, which will reduce carbon emissions by an annual equivalent of around 600,000 of CO2 as of 2030.

Posted on August 19, 2020

The objective of Costa Rica´s NDC is to focus its climate change actions on increasing society’s resilience to the impact of climate change and strengthening the country’s capacity for low-emission development in the long-term.

Posted on August 19, 2020

The objective of Lebanon’s NDC is to bring together and build upon national and sectoral planning strategies to both build resilience and improve adaptation as it lowers emissions.

Posted on August 19, 2020

The objective of Trinidad and Tobago’s NDC is to achieve a reduction objective in overall emissions from three target sectors - power generation, transportation and industry - by 15% by 2030 from business-as-usual (BAU), which is based on its Carbon Reduction Strategy.

Posted on August 19, 2020

The objective of Peru’s NDC is to implement mitigation and adaptation measures based on national circumstances and capacities and in line with national goals for economic development and poverty reduction

Posted on August 19, 2020

Today, the Climate Promise is born in Colombia. The initiative seeks to accelerate the country's contributions towards solving one of the most important issues of our time: climate change.

Posted on August 19, 2020

Con el objetivo de presentar diferentes perspectivas sobre la coyuntura actual desde una visión de justicia climática e igualdad de género, se realizó el pasado 28 de abril, el Foro virtual ‘La pandemia COVID 19 y el cambio climático: impactos y perspectivas desde la justicia climática y la igualdad de género’.

Posted on August 12, 2020

The webinar series offers an exchange of best practices and knowledge on NDCs and the processes under the Paris Agreement for the Caribbean Region.

Posted on August 5, 2020

Hacer un llamado por la naturaleza y el agua, inspiró a Malpaís a lanzar un nuevo tema municipal en contra del cambio climático.

Posted on August 5, 2020

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its heart, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet.

Posted on August 2, 2020

A pesar de que es urgente reactivar las economías, los países alrededor del mundo deben coincidir en un enfoque de desarrollo sostenible y equitativo, que ponga soluciones al cambio climático y no deje a nadie atrás.

Posted on July 28, 2020

Posted on July 15, 2020

The webinar series was launched in May 2020 with a focus on the processes under the Paris Agreement for the preparation and submission of new NDCs.

Posted on July 15, 2020

En el marco del proceso de formulación de la Primera Contribución Determinada a Nivel Nacional (NDC) del Ecuador, se identificó la oportunidad de fomentar y apoyar la bioenergía, a través del aprovechamiento energético de los restos y residuos de la materia orgánica o industrial.

Posted on July 8, 2020

The Fourth Annual Future of Innovation Conference by the Centrale Bank van Aruba took place on November 1st, 2019 at Ritz Carlton Hotel in Aruba where the transition towards transforming its traditional economy and linear industry models were the main focus.

Posted on November 29, 2019

The Presidential Secretary for Women (SEPREM) and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) signed an inter-institutional agreement to facilitate gender mainstreaming in climate action.

Posted on October 24, 2019

Trinidad and Tobago conducted a Gender Analysis of the policy and institutional framework for mainstreaming gender in the NDC.

Posted on October 10, 2019

The objective of the media sensitization was to enhance the capabilities of journalists in reporting on climate change issues, initiatives and impacts through a fundamental understanding of the underlying issues associated with the phenomena, including its wide-ranging implications for society and what is being done to address it globally and particularly in Trinidad and Tobago.

Posted on October 10, 2019

Around 4,000 people from all over the region and many other countries participated in the Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW 2019) which took place in Climate City, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.

Posted on August 26, 2019

Interview with Martin Antony Bristol, Head of the Project Management Office, Ministry of the Presidency, on Guyana's fight against climate change.

Posted on August 20, 2019

Colombia approved an agreement on the action plan for the Intersectoral Climate Change Commission (CICC) for 2019-2020 and establishing the Guide for Formulating and Implementing Comprehensive Sectoral Climate Change Management Plans (PIGCCS).

Posted on August 14, 2019

Trevor Thompson, Acting Chief Land Use Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands of Grenada explains Granada's approach for social inclusion.

Posted on August 14, 2019

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by developing, among others, a National Energy Action Plan and a comprehensive Mitigation Assessment as included in their INDC.

Posted on July 31, 2019

The Honduras INDC Project focused on strengthening capacities on climate change, and positioning the issue higher in the public agenda.

Posted on July 31, 2019

Bolivia presented the INDC with its own vision of holistic development by prioritizing linking mitigation and adaptation actions in the areas of water, energy, forests and agriculture as part of its 2025 Patriotic Agenda and national development plans

Posted on July 31, 2019

Barbados is reducing its own emissions by introducing concrete mitigation actions. The country’s Green Economy Scoping Study, National Sustainable Energy Framework (SEF) and Energy NAMA, form the backbone of Barbados’ INDC.

Posted on July 31, 2019

The role of LECB was to serve mainly to complement and supplement the outputs and results from established initiatives. The LECB project focused on the main carbon emitting sources, the power generation, transportation and industry sectors. LECB to also focus on these sectors.

Posted on July 30, 2019

LECB had the pioneering objective of supporting the Ministry of Environment (MINAM) in the formulation of a National Low Emission Development Strategy, with enhanced sectoral involvement from other ministries.

Posted on July 30, 2019

LECB Mexico helped design instruments to support the country in achieving its mitigation targets in addition to providing technical expertise and assistance to the private sector for reporting and verifying their GHG emissions.

Posted on July 30, 2019

Under LECB support, the Capacity Building for Climate Change Mitigation in Ecuador was created to address technical and institutional capacities needed to implement the National Climate Change Strategy.

Posted on July 30, 2019

LECB project supported the development of emission factors at the country level, the formulation of the livestock NAMA, MRV systems and transport and energy sectors.

Posted on July 30, 2019

LECB aimed to respond to the needs of the Colombian Low Carbon Development Strategy and contribute to its implementation by supporting the design and implementation of low carbon development plans, policies and measures, the MRV system and capacity building.

Posted on July 30, 2019

The Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) project began design and scoping in Chile in 2011 and moved to full implementation in 2012.

Posted on July 30, 2019

Since 2016 the Low Emission Capacity Building (LECB) project has been instrumental to supporting and sustaining the Cabinet’s working structure, including sector-based and cross-cutting roundtables and strengthening capacities at the subnational level in all 24 provinces into which Argentina’s territory is divided.

Posted on July 30, 2019

Trinidad and Tobago is committed to installing a policy framework for a low carbon development plan through the National Climate Change Policy (NCCP), and developing a Carbon Reduction Strategy (CRS) for the power generation, transportation and industrial sectors, all three of which are included in its INDC.

Posted on July 30, 2019

Suriname has made progress towards climate-resilient and compatible development through a number of green policies and initiatives – in particular, actions to protect and use its forests sustainably, included in its INDC.

Posted on July 30, 2019

Ecuador is at the forefront of delivering climate action, and in the frontlines of Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) design.

Posted on June 19, 2019

The Regional NDC Dialogue will take place as part of the Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week in August in Salvador, Brazil.

Posted on May 24, 2019

The webinar will highlight country experiences and lessons learned in strengthening governance frameworks for NDC implementation and tracking. It will focus in particular on how these frameworks are integrating sub-national governments and actors and how countries have overcome specific challenges.

Posted on January 15, 2019

Just days before being selected as the host for the next UN climate talks (COP25), Chile introduced policy makers to its successful carbon footprint platform (“HuellaChile”) and, together with Peru and Costa Rica, set the stage for a new regional alliance on voluntary emission reporting and offset.

Posted on January 14, 2019

As the high-level segment of the climate change negotiations at COP-24 launches in Katowice, Poland, the juxtaposition between the priorities and capacities of high and low greenhouse emitting nations is on full display.

Posted on December 12, 2018

Chile is carrying out a first update of its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, with completion scheduled for 2020. Chile’s update comes as a result of the progress made in international climate negotiations and its own national climate agenda, which bring a number of challenges.

Posted on December 4, 2018

UNDP met with various line ministries to discuss work activities under the NDC Support Programme. A climate finance training session was held as well.

Posted on September 22, 2018

El Plan El Salvador Sustentable es el fruto del con- senso alcanzado en el Consejo Nacional de Susten- tabilidad Ambiental y Vulnerabilidad (CONASAV).

Posted on September 12, 2018

Reducing methane emissions from gas flaring with power generation facilities that generate electricity from associated gas.

Posted on September 9, 2018

Technical Dialogue to advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in the Caribbean.

Posted on September 4, 2018

"Facing the need for urgent action on climate change without proper financing is like entering a class 5 hurricane with an umbrella," said Gianluca Merlo, regional technical adviser for Latin America from UNDP’s NDC Support Program.

Posted on August 21, 2018

The study analyses the co-benefits that could derive from the implementation of Mexico’s NDC, and how these are in turn connected to the achievement of the SDGs. It posits that focusing on co-benefits facilitates the mainstreaming of climate action in the development agenda, and therefore the involvement of different sectors and actors.

Posted on July 25, 2018

Diálogos técnicos sobre el seguimiento del gasto y flujos financieros para la implementación del NDC en los países de América Latina

Posted on July 20, 2018

Esta guía metodológica del Análisis del Gasto Público e Institucionalidad para el Clima, busca brindar a los actores información paso a paso sobre procesos, metodologías y herramientas para llevar a cabo el análisis del gasto público e institucionalidad para el clima.

Posted on July 18, 2018

The 10th Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week is bringing together key players from the private and public sectors to share experiences on climate change mitigation.

Posted on July 13, 2018

The full agenda has been released for the Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week 2018 (LACCW2018), which is being convened from 20–23 August in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Posted on July 10, 2018

The 10th Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum is bringing together key players from the private and public sectors to share experiences on climate change mitigation.

Posted on June 8, 2018

With UNDP support and GCF finance, Uruguay works toward sustainable cities, increasing integration, adaptation, and resilience to climate change.

Posted on May 31, 2018

Posted on May 2, 2018

Mobilizing finance for the implementation of national climate plans (NDCs) remains one of the most challenging issues as countries grabble with turning their intentions into actions. Getting a grasp on the domestic financial landscape and expenditures related to climate action is thereby a critical step in order to clarify the national base scenario and engage critical players (like finance or planning ministries). Thanks to some existing climate finance assessment tools, however, some countries…

Posted on November 2, 2017

The Chilean government announced in mid-September that it will issue official recognition for all public and private institutions who registered on its new Carbon Footprint Platform “HuellaChile”.

Posted on September 28, 2017

On August 29, a group of countries that have completed the Climate Public Expenditures and Institutional Review (CPEIR) processes in Latin America will meet on the margins of the Latin American NDC Dialogues to analyze how the CPEIR tool may contribute to the implementation and monitoring of the NDCs; help establish the required institutional framework and more even more importantly, determine how the national budget will support NDC implementation plans.

Posted on August 29, 2017

For the last three years, UNDP – in coordination with the UNFCCC Secretariat and partners – has been regularly convening countries to advance progress for the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Over 150 countries have benefitted from three global workshops and 14 regional dialogues since 2014. In the lead-up to the Paris negotiations, these dialogues and workshops contributed to countries successfully submitting their climate plans, or intended Nationally Determined Contributions (iNDCs), which…

Posted on August 28, 2017

This joint UNDP and Asia Development Bank (ADB) report ‘Initial Assessment of Sri Lanka’s Power Sector – Electricity Generation through 100 % Renewable Energy’ includes a step-wise approach for the assessment of the 100% renewable electricity generation target, the composition of renewable energy generation and the costs associated with the target.

Posted on August 15, 2017

Chile committed not only to a reduction in the intensity of its CO2 emissions by at least 30% by 2030, the promotion of non-conventional renewable energies by promoting an energy efficiency law and reforesting 100,000 hectares of mainly native forest, but also defined 4 other pillars of climate action in addition to mitigation.

Posted on August 11, 2017

NDC Partnership member governments are in the process of mapping their technical support needs and identifying opportunities to enact national climate targets or NDCs. In June, three governments hosted strategic dialogues on NDC climate goals with the assistance of the NDC Partnership -- Costa Rica (13-14 June), Uganda (20 June), and Vietnam (28 June).

Posted on July 21, 2017

The webinar sought to raise awareness among project developers and the private sector on how crowd-investing and crowd-funding platforms can catalyse finance for the implementation of climate change mitigation projects in the Caribbean and Latin America region.

Posted on July 13, 2017

HE President Michelle Bachelet together with Chile's Minister of the Environment Marcelo Mena and six ministers from various sectors presented the country with the new National Action Plan for Climate Change 2017-2022, a road map that integrates and systematizes future climate actions for the country.

Posted on July 13, 2017

On August 29, a group of countries that have completed the Climate Public Expenditures and Institutional Review (CPEIR) processes in Latin America will meet on the margins of the Latin American NDC Dialogues to analyze how the CPEIR tool may contribute to the implementation and monitoring of the NDCs; help establish the required institutional framework and more even more importantly, determine how the national budget will support NDC implementation plans.

Posted on June 20, 2017

The Government of Argentina has engaged in a country-wide consultation process to harmonize its national climate targets with sectoral and subnational mitigation measures. This top-down and bottom-up process has led to a more ambitious NDC with strong buy-in by key stakeholders on all levels.

Posted on May 16, 2017

This report, which was compiled by Ambition to Action, is the prologue to a series of update reports on NDC-related topics. The reports will be published twice a year, before international climate change meetings, to present analysis, opinion, and discussion pieces. Drawing on the Ambition to Action (A2A) project and input from a wide range of experts and practitioners, including UNDP, the reports aim to be a platform for learning, sharing insights, and discussing topics relevant to technical…

Posted on May 8, 2017

The new data portal allows comparison across sectors under different scenarios: historical; the Paris Agreement’s emission reduction pledges; the CAT’s “current policy projection” scenario, “best-practice” examples, and the presently available 2°C pathways.

Posted on April 7, 2017

After presenting its national climate plan (I/NDC) ahead of the Paris Climate Summit in 2015, Paraguay embarked on an ambitious journey to identify measures to achieve its targets for emission reduction and adaptation while ensuring synergies with its development goals.

Posted on April 3, 2017

A group of governments, international organizations and non-state actors joined forces through a new global partnership last year to catalyze the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and related climate commitments (NDCs) at the country level. The NDC Partnership, which is currently co-chaired by Germany and Morocco, will help countries with the challenging task of transitioning to a green economy pathway that is closely aligned with their respective development priorities.

Posted on April 3, 2017

Mexico's chemical industry is projecting a yearly growth of 3.9% over the long-term, implying that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will grow from 20.82 MtCO2e in 2014 to 81.82 MtCO2e in 2050 if mitigation actions are not undertaken.

Posted on March 3, 2017

JUL 2016 | Regional Dialogue on NDCs for Latin America in Costa Rica

Posted on January 1, 2017

This research project assesses possibilities for enhancing the role of SD-benefits in the context of activities supported by future market mechanisms under the UNFCCC.

Posted on January 1, 2017

Numerous resources are available to assist developing countries that are putting in place a national greenhouse (gas) inventory system. This document, which accompanies GHG Inventory Information Brief on this topic, contains a range of items – from international data sets and models, to templates and terms of references.

Posted on January 1, 2017

A national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory is a cornerstone of a country’s reporting obligations to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Posted on January 1, 2017

UNDP’s Sustainable Energy Strategy Note, 2017-2021: Delivering Sustainable Energy in a Changing Climate articulates – for the first time – UNDP’s vision, mission, approach, guiding principles, and focus in the area of sustainable energy.

Posted on December 7, 2016

El Salvador – November 28 2016. An inter-ministerial Dialogue launched discussions on domestic climate finance needs for El Salvador’s NDC, and its closely linked National Climate Change Plan. Both Plans aim at decarbonizing El Salvador’s energy supply by increasing the use of renewable energy, while improving energy efficiency, land management, urban planning and transportation. The dialogues took place as part of El Salvador’s larger effort to assess domestic funding sources for national…

Posted on November 28, 2016

In 2013, UNDP, the UNFCCC Secretariat and the UNEP DTU Partnership joined forces to produce a comprehensive Guide on formulating effective NAMAs.  

Posted on November 15, 2016

This report has been designed for policymakers to offer guidance on how to promote gender equality across all levels of policy and programming in climate change, and to provide the necessary tools to do so.

Posted on November 14, 2016

It is clear that climate change is affecting everyone, everywhere, but not equally. Just as the risks and impacts of climate change induced hazards vary between countries, so do the capacities of countries to address them.

Posted on November 4, 2016

The report looks at the breadth and depth of UNDP’s work on climate change, including mitigation, adaptation and forestry, over the last two decades.

Posted on November 2, 2016

This Regional Dialogue on I/NDCs, held in San Jose, Costa Rica, was organised by UNDP, the UNFCCC Secretariat, the International Partnership for Mitigation & MRV, and the Partnership for Market Readiness (World Bank Group). The Dialogue brought together government representatives from the Latin America & Caribbean region, developed country representatives, and international organizations/experts involved in the (I)NDC process.

Posted on July 19, 2016

Building on its previous country support in the run up to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, UNDP conducted a survey to assess capacity development support needs among developing countries as they prepare for implementation of the Paris Agreement and, in particular, their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The survey addressed countries’ progress on NDC implementation planning, as well as capacity development or technical assistance needs related to NDC implementation.

Posted on May 18, 2016

Rising heat in the workplace implies severe effects for Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and emerging economies with high concentrations of outdoor labour and industrial and service sector workers operating in ineffectively climate controlled conditions.

Posted on May 4, 2016

Final report of Latin American Climate Change Programme.

Posted on December 15, 2015

As an oil producing country, Ecuador meets its domestic energy demand primarily with oil while generating significant income from oil exports. This NAMA concept note is builds on the “Optimization of Power Generation and Energy Efficiency Program” (OGE & EE) of Petroamazonas - a unit of Ecuadoran state oil company Petroecuador.

Posted on December 1, 2015

In Costa Rica, where the government has set an ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2021, livestock accounts for 30% of national emissions. Nationally, more than 45,000 livestock farms employ at least 12% of the Costa Rican workforce and occupy over 35.5% of the territory.

Posted on September 10, 2015

In the second edition of the Global Good Practice Analysis (GPA2.0) a new selection of cases was examined by a consortium led by New Climate Institute and including the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Libélula.

Posted on September 2, 2015

This report responds to country requests for urgent guidance on the preparation of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), a core component of the Paris climate change conference (COP21).  

Posted on August 19, 2015

To date, a number of global studies have looked at barriers that typically hinder transitions to low-carbon economies. While these have focused on technological and financial barriers, most developing countries also face significant political and institutional challenges to the introduction of low-carbon alternatives into their national development planning.

Posted on January 1, 2015

The important role of the private sector in the transition to low-emission development is well recognised. The aim of this study is to analyse experiences that countries participating in the LECB Programme have had in engaging the private sector and to provide some recommendations on how to do so in the future.

Posted on January 1, 2015

The second Regional Technical Dialogue on Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) brought together country representatives, developed-country representatives, multilateral and bilateral agencies, and regional organizations, as well as other experts.

Posted on November 10, 2014

The second Regional Technical Dialogue on Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) brought together country representatives from the LAC region, developed-country representatives, multilateral and bilateral agencies, and regional organizations, as well as other experts.

Posted on September 9, 2014

Engage various actors in a discussion on policy objectives and innovative approaches to support mitigation activities and NAMAs; Initiate a public-private dialogue on stimulating involvement of the private sector in climate change mitigation; Share and discuss experiences in private sector participation on mitigation activities and NAMAs.

Posted on May 14, 2014

A Regional Dialogue on Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) convened country representatives from the region, developed countries, multilateral and bilateral agencies, regional organizations, and resource experts.

Posted on April 28, 2014

Engage various actors in a discussion on policy objectives and innovative approaches to support mitigation activities and NAMAs; Initiate a public-private dialogue on stimulating involvement of the private sector in climate change mitigation; Share and discuss experiences in private sector participation on mitigation activities and NAMAs.

Posted on March 5, 2014

A Regional Dialogue on (Intended) Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for Latin America and the Caribbean convened in Bogota, Columbia.

Posted on March 5, 2014