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Bogotá, 26^th September 2024

UNEP and its partner organisation Fedesarollo hosted a final validation workshop for the NDC Action project in Colombia. The session was opened by Sebastian Carranza, climate coordinator for UNEP in the LatAm region and chaired by Paola Herrera, regional coordinator for the NDC Action project. In attendance were key technical staff from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and the National Development Agency.

Written by Juan Benavides and Javier Blanco

Aims and main message

Written by Juan Benavides and Helena Garcia

Key messages

Aim and main message

Climate financing in developing countries faces challenges for massive resource mobilization because of market and coordination failures. Improving transversal governance through an institutional triplet can solve these challenges by providing a sense of direction and facilitating the construction of attractive portfolios for the abundant financing available worldwide, especially from institutional investors.

Cartagena, Colombia

Within the framework of the 1^st Hydrogen and Energy Efficiency Congress developed by the National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI) the local NDC Action project team contributed to a discussion on the barriers and opportunities to help achieve the country’s NDC through accelerated action on industrial energy efficiency.

A new roadmap on how to finance Colombia’s contributions to the Paris Agreement has been developed with support from the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre

The Government and private sector in Colombia now have a better idea of how the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement can be financed.

A new roadmap, outlining ways to finance the urgently needed climate action was presented this month. It was developed with direct support from the NDC Action project, managed by the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre.

1.300 personas fueron capacitadas en Carbono Neutralidad y temas asociados tras ciclo de talleres virtuales

Source: https://cambioclimatico.go.cr/1300-personas-capacitaciones-carbono-neutralidad-talleres-virtuales/