Latin America and the Caribbean seek to increase their climate ambition by strengthening the implementation of the Enhanced Transparency Framework
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, August 23, 2019. Representatives from the different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean attended the plenary session on the “Reinforced Transparency Framework, a driver of ambition: opportunities and challenges” organized by the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), UN Environment and the UNEP DTU Partnership. […]
Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica y Uruguay intercambiaron experiencias con países europeos para el desarrollo de estrategias de descarbonización para 2050
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, August 20, 2019. Five Latin American countries are preparing to develop their Long-Term Strategies to achieve zero net greenhouse gas emissions in 2050. In the framework of the Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week the “Workshop for the exchange of knowledge for the development of Long Term Strategies: Experiences between the […]
LAC countries are working on the development of common agendas for the implementation of the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Agreement
Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, August 20, 2019. With the objective of strengthening the transparency of climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in line with the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Agreement, the workshop “Opportunities for South-South peer exchange on priority issues” was held in Salvador de Bahia. The event took place […]
Monitoring and evaluation of adaptation to climate change are key to the advancement of NDCs in the region
Cartagena, Colombia, July 24, 2019. The VI Workshop of the Regional Group of Latin America and the Caribbean: “Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation in light of the Reinforced Transparency Framework” ended with a call to strengthen the spaces of dialogue and exchange of experiences, as well as the lessons learned with a view […]
Authorities work on plans to reduce methane emissions in the Latin American oil and gas sector
June 11th, 2019. Representatives of the Governments of Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru, and large hydrocarbon companies in Latin America and the Caribbean met in Lima to analyse concrete measures to reduce methane emissions in the oil and gas sector quickly. In this way, the meeting sought to increase the ambition of the climate […]
Peru prepares to report its NDC with a strong focus on adaptation and mapping of private sector investments
On March 19, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved the project “Building capacity of the transparency system for mitigation and adaptation to climate change in Peru” (CBIT-Peru). This project supports Peru in complying with the reporting requirements introduced by the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Agreement. It also enhances Peru’s abilities to report their […]