Costa Rica

Region: Costa Rica

Costa Rica:

Projects
2
Resources
1
Stories
5
Feature
16th July 2019
Costa Rica takes the long view on climate action – and bold steps now Costa Rica’s road to decarbonisation is paved with political vision and painstaking planning – according to Andrea Meza, the country’s Director of Climate Change.
Feature
9th July 2019
Mobile app tracks Costa Rican coffee’s carbon footprint A mobile app for Costa Rican coffee farmers is not only helping them reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The app also feeds into Costa Rica’s Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system: part of its national commitment on climate action to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Paul May of CDKN reports.
Feature
5th June 2019
Knowledge gaps, climate adaptation and the implementation of NDCs in Latin America Daniel Ryan, Buenos Aires Institute of Technology - ITBA, Argentina, and Eduardo Bustos, Global Change Center, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, ask: what is holding back adaptation policies and the implementation of NDCs in Latin American countries?
Completed
Project
Completed
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.

News
22nd May 2018
Join regional ‘Communities of Practice’ on low emission development The Low Emission Development Global Partnership (LEDS GP) creates opportunities for professionals to exchange experience on practical aspects of low emission development. Members of our network say they value these platforms for skills exchange and learning – whether it is in person, or increasingly through ‘virtual’ meetings and conversations. Join a technical 'community of practice' today!
Resource
19th June 2017
REPORT: Bridging Costa Rica's green growth gap Costa Rica is regarded by many as an economic and environmental success story with an admirable record of ‘green growth’. This report explores the performance of Costa Rica seen as an economic and environmental model, looking at concrete results, first in the economy and then in the environment.
Completed
Project
Completed
Analysis of potential to support a green economy transformation in Costa Rica

This research project undertook an assessment of the transformation towards a green economy in Costa Rica and identif

News
18th November 2015
Bridging the green growth gap in Costa Rica Today, ODI releases a new report assessing whether Costa Rica has achieved the green growth outcomes that its policies were designed to achieve. Authors Ilmi Granoff; Monica Araya, Philipp Ulbrich, Sam Pickard and Caroline Haywood introduce the report, which was co-sponsored by CDKN.