Colombia

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Region: Colombia

Colombia:

Projects
27
Resources
11
Stories
43
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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.

Resource
22nd February 2017
POLICY BRIEF: Green growth and energy security - Fossil fuel-endowed middle-income countries at a crossroads This policy brief synthesises the findings of political economy analyses (PEA) in the energy sect
Resource
22nd February 2017
POLICY BRIEF: Promoting green growth in Colombia - A post-conflict opportunity? Only 41 days after the initial peace accord was rejected by a small margin in the plebiscite of 2
Resource
22nd February 2017
REPORT: Green or grey growth for Colombia? Challenging fossil-based energy security This report analyses the politics of energy security and green growth in Colombia, and makes four recommendations that could shape future policy by national authorities, civil society organisations and foreign donors.
Feature
16th January 2017
Balancing climate and development targets through a Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach Using a 'Water-Energy-Food Nexus' approach can help policy-makers navigate the trade-offs involved in working towards economic growth and sustainable development. Helen Bellfield of the Global Canopy Programme describes how CDKN research applied this approach in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Indonesia.
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Green bonds - the Colombian strategy on climate financing

The global Green Bond market was worth 41.8 billion USD in 2015, and is projected to continue its substantial growth in the coming years. These bonds represent an effective means to finance or refinance environmental, sustainable and climate projects.

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Business competitiveness, green growth and climate change in Colombia

The Colombian National Development Plan of 2014-2018 incorporates a “Green Growth” approach as one of six priority areas for economic development. This is aligned with the entry process for the OECD, and Colombia’s accession is expected to trigger an added impetus in attempts to meet mitigation and adaption goals agreed as part of the Paris Agreement (COP21).

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5th December 2016
Trees, cattle and power dynamics in Colombia CDKN's Miren Gutierrez explores dilemmas and real opportunities for climate compatible development in Colombia: "new challenges will grip people's attention. Facing tough development questions while being true to international environmental and climate commitments will be one of them."
Feature
5th August 2016
The Water-Energy-Food nexus: Insights from Amazonia Helen Bellfield and David Sabogal of the Global Canopy Programme look at how human needs for water, food and energy create a nexus of demands on natural resources in Amazonia and they draw lessons from the CDKN-backed Amazonia Security Agenda project.
Resource
4th August 2016
POLICY BRIEF: Improving sustainable commodity supply chains in Amazonia This policy brief looks at new methods of decoupling the agricultural commodity supply chains from deforestation in Amazonia.
Resource
4th August 2016
POLICY BRIEF: Amazonia security agenda This policy brief assesses the Amazonia security agenda and policy coherence in Brazil, Colombia and Peru using a water-energy-food nexus approach.
Feature
11th April 2016
Transparency in agricultural supply chains – Key to protecting Amazon’s resources The production of agricultural commodities such as soy, beef and palm oil threatens the Amazon region’s natural resources. If companies, civil society organisations and governments band together to publish full and transparent information on agricultural supply chains, it could be an important step toward protecting the Amazon’s resources.