Colombia

Region: Colombia

Colombia:

Projects
27
Resources
11
Stories
42
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Adaptation plan for the Colombian transport sector

This project aims to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Transport and other actors in the transport sector to incorporate adaptation to climate change in the new road infrastructure’s agenda.

News
20th May 2014
Colombian delegates prepare for Lima Conference of the Parties CDKN and the UK sustainability consultancy Ricardo-AEA are running a three-day negotiator training workshop in Colombia between 21st-23rd May 2014.
Resource
13th May 2014
FILM: CDKN in conversation... with Claudia Martinez Zuleta, CDKN Colombia Mairi Dupar, CDKN Global Public Affairs Co-ordinator, speaks to Claudia Martinez Zuleta, CDKN's country leader for Colombia, about Columbia's vulnerability to climate change and the opportunities for climate compatible development.
News
10th February 2014
CDKN announces technical and financial support for "prototypes" from Colombia Action Lab CDKN, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS) of Colombia and MatizArt have announced the climate compatible development ‘prototypes’ to be selected for technical and financial support, following Colombia’s Action Lab.
Feature
18th November 2013
Eight lessons on climate compatible development from Colombia Simon Maxwell, CDKN’s Executive Chair, reflects on a recent week of meetings with climate leaders in Latin America.
Feature
23rd October 2013
The Dominican Republic presents the Quisqueya Platform at the Cartagena Dialogue in Santo Domingo Jose Garibaldi, Director of Energeia reports on a new initiative to support integrated adaptation and mitigation efforts by developing countries, launched last week in the Dominican Republic
Feature
13th October 2013
Learning lessons from Manatí’s resilient women A project in Colombia is investigating how women were affected by devastating floods in 2010 and 2011. The hope is to pass on knowledge about how they reacted and coped, to help other communities prepare for similar disasters.
Feature
11th October 2013
Putting their money where their MAPS are Implementing the national low-emissions strategies under development in many developing countries will require governments to think more strategically about how to finance the changes. CDKN’s Carolyn Fry interviews Amal-Lee Amin of E3G, who is advising Latin American governments on financing opportunities.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : National financing strategies for the implementation of low carbon development strategies

This project focuses on identifying opportunities for taking forward the National Financing Strategy (NFS) approach which helps to identify the key financing challenges and opportunities for implementation of Low Carbon Development Strategies in Chile, Colombia and Peru.

News
29th May 2013
Colombia’s Viceminister of Infrastructure engages with transport infrastructure associations to kick-off climate change adaptation sectorial plan activities During the meeting, the Viceminister described major activities to be conducted which include the development of an “Issues Paper” on Colombia’s climate change risks and their significance to the road transport sector.
Feature
3rd May 2013
Climate change and transport sector in Colombia, interview with Michael Savonis (Part II) With Colombia’s ambitious programmes to significantly expand the country’s transport infrastructure, it is an excellent opportunity to make sure that the investment will be resilient to future climate change.
Feature
23rd April 2013
Overcoming Institutional Instability in Cartagena de Indias There are elements in Cartagena that indicate that climate change, its challenges, and its opportunities are not at the mercy of the power of a new mayor.