In the context of Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW), the UNEP Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) brought together representatives of the NDC Action Project from Costa Rica, Colombia and Argentina to share experiences, successes and challenges in the implementation of projects in their respective countries during an event held in Panama City on October 26, 27 and 28, 2023.
The NDC Action programme, funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) and implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme, aims to encourage action and climate ambition in 10 countries around the world. In the Latin American region, this program is focused on supporting and accelerating both public and private investment for the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in Argentina, Costa Rica and Colombia, in line with the commitments established in the Agreement Paris.
The NDC Action projects in the region began between 2020 and 2022 and will extend until 2024. Given that they are in their last year of implementation, the meeting between technical and ministerial representatives was essential to share experiences, identify challenges, highlight good practices and extract valuable lessons. The regional exchange between the three projects and their counterparts strengthened the basis for stronger and more effective collaboration.
The main objectives of the event were to generate spaces for the exchange of experiences, good practices, lessons learned, as well as to stimulate the creation of new ideas and address the challenges and solutions in the implementation of NDC Action projects in the region. In addition, it facilitated a personal meeting between the key actors of these projects, allowing the exploration of synergies and collaboration opportunities that could further enhance climate action in the region.
This meeting not only consolidated the ties between the teams involved in the projects, but also laid the foundations for future collaborative strategies that promote sustainability and climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean.
