Colombia

Region: Colombia

Colombia:

Projects
27
Resources
11
Stories
42
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26th January 2022
Climate change, gender and youth: Putting linked topics on Latin American agendas CDKN and the ClikHub delivered training on 'communicating climate change' to diverse Latin American groups, then provided seed funding for their own communications campaigns. María José Pacha, Gabriela Villamarín and Franco Moreno report on the results.
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25th May 2021
Project insights on communicating about climate change in Latin America It is not easy to communicate the effects of climate change to different audiences. This is further complicated by social, cultural, political and economic challenges. María José Pacha and Gabriela Villamarín of CDKN share lessons learned from five climate change communication projects supported by CDKN in Latin America.
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12th April 2021
El Alto Fucha, Colombia: Community gardens for food security during pandemic In El Alto Fucha, an informal settlement in Bogota, Colombia, a community-based organisation is assisting communities to start agro-ecological gardens to ensure food security during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the 41st story in the Voices from the Frontline series by ICCCAD and CDKN.
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2nd July 2019
Opportunities for NDC implementation in Colombia’s new National Development Plan Colombia has not only set emissions reductions targets for 2030. It has also set an intermediate carbon budget for the National Development Plan period to 2022, which aims to ensure the country is on a pathway to achieve its 2030 goals, says Estefania Ardila Robles.
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27th June 2019
Colombia’s climate challenge Colombia has a robust national commitment to tackling climate mitigation and adaptation – writes Carolina Mesa of ICLEI Colombia. But the country’s challenge and opportunity is to encourage cities and subnational areas to develop activities to meet national goals. A few promising initiatives are leading the way.
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12th February 2019
The potential of local climate innovation in Latin America An action research programme in Latin America has proven the potential of community-led innovation to build resilience to climate change - and shows how much could be achieved at scale, with the right external support. CDKN's Latin America team reports.
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Climate Resilient Cities in Latin America

This action research project aims to identify and promote innovative solutions for climate compatible development in small and medium sized cities that are experiencing rapid growth – in order to ultimately improve the lives of the people who are most affected by climate change.

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The Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP)

The Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP) facilitates peer learning, technical cooperation and information exchange to support the formation and implementation of low emission development strategies.

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A participatory decision making approach towards climate resilient and inclusive urban development in Latin America

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Mainstreaming adaptation to climate change in the transport sector in Colombia: Vulnerability assessment of the national primary road network

This project aimed to provide the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Environment of Colombia with a vulnerability and risk analysis of the national level primary road system.

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Strengthening of the capacity of 'Invest in Cartagena'

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Colombia green bond market development

The purpose of this project was to support and prepare the Climate Finance Committee of the National Climate Change System to take a leadership role in the development of a green bonds market in Colombia and to prepare the ground for the issuance of demonstration green bonds in the country, and through this achieve the key first steps in implementing Colombia's national climate finance strategy.