Affiliated Event Closed
This event will gather team of technical experts, nominated by the countries, to analyse information reported in biennial update reports submitted by developing country Parties.
The objective of this meeting is to foster coherence and a collaborative approach towards region-wide and transboundary adaptation action and support, by bringing together and facilitating an exchange among regional organizations, development banks, and other key stakeholders for working together to step up adaptation in the region. The meeting will serve as a platform to deepen participants' understanding of the challenges and opportunities in advancing the coherent implementation of adaptation action toward a resilient future.
Affiliated Event
Transparency is the backbone of the Paris Agreement, in particular for the effective implementation of NDCs and their strengthening over time in order to achieve the Agreement’s objectives.This and next year are of critical importance, as the ETF enters in full implementation mode and BTRs are due. The UNFCCC secretariat, together with the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) and other partners, are joining forces to offer a regional platform for policy dialogue and peer-to-peer engagement on the ETF and climate transparency. This regional ETF Dialogue seeks to bring together different stakeholders, including public and private actors, to discuss the various aspects, challenges and opportunities in climate action and transparency, and exchange knowledge, experiences and lessons learned.
The objective os the event is to provide the audience with examples and successful case studies on how the private sector can mobilize resources and make investments aligned with the Paris Agreement objectives. It will also identify best practices and potential entry points to scale up private investment and further engagement through innovative initiatives in coordination with governments.
"The event will bring together leaders, experts and representatives from diverse sectors to discuss the role of sustainable mobility in the pursuit of transformative changes that promote climate action and social justice. The event will be held in a collaborative environment, with dynamic and interactive panel discussions, providing a space to share ideas and promote innovative solutions. It will address the challenges faced by different actors in relation to mobility, taking into account social disparities and environmental impacts. Through roundtables participants will explore topics such as sustainable public transport, inclusive infrastructure, vehicle electrification, new technologies, all of which are aimed at achieving more equitable and zero-emission mobility. In addition, the event will also provide valuable opportunities for networking and collaboration among participants, fostering strategic partnerships and synergies between the public, private and civil society sectors."
Thematic Track 2
In a world where cities are rapidly expanding and facing unprecedented challenges, it is imperative to harness the power of upper catchment forests for urban adaptation and resilience building. "From Source to Cities” will shed light on the tangible climate adaptation benefits that arise when cities invest in the well-being of upper catchments. "From Source to Cities” will showcase cutting-edge conservation solutions where vibrant ecosystems and pristine waterways become the lifeblood of resilient urban communities. Esteemed experts from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Panama and the USA will delve into the interdependence between natural and urban ecosystems, illuminating the significance of local wisdom and kingship in conserving and resas a means toring our natural environments. Participants will together envision a future where thriving cities are intimately connected to the forests and rivers that sustain them. Amid the ongoing climate crisis, these connections become even more crucial, allowing urban centers to prosper and adapt despite climate impacts. Prepare to be captivated by the extraordinary interplay between thriving coastal cities and vital upper catchment ecosystems.
Thematic Track 4
Climate change influences human development through its impact on livelihood systems. The actual climate crisis exacerbates existing structural inequalities and triggers a chain reaction of socioeconomic consequences for specific groups including children and youth, women, local communities, Indigenous Peoples, afro descendants, and displaced populations, among others. Additionally, the climate crisis is not “gender neutral”. Women and girls experience the greatest impacts of climate change due to structural inequalities, social roles, limited access to resources and primary care responsibilities, and higher levels of poverty, which amplifies existing gender inequalities and poses unique threats to their livelihoods, health, and safety. Across the world, women depend more on, yet have less access to, natural resources. In our region, women bear a disproportionate responsibility for securing food, water, and fuel and for care for family members and communities impacted by climate-related disasters. Different stakeholders are recognizing that gender-responsive agendas can promote women’s empowerment and leadership and reduce prevalent gender inequalities that limit their livelihoods and resilience. Indigenous communities often have deep connections to their environment and face threats to their cultural practices and livelihoods due to changing weather patterns, deforestation, and biodiversity loss. Local communities, especially those dependent on agriculture or natural resources, can suffer economic hardships when climate-related events disrupt their livelihoods. Children and youth, being particularly vulnerable, may experience adverse health effects and disruptions to their mental health, education and opportunities affecting their long-term development. For all these groups, displacement may be either an unwanted consequence or, on the other hand, an adaptation strategy in response to these disproportionate burdens. In the context of the Latin America and the Caribbean region, understanding and addressing the differentiated impacts of climate change on these specific groups is critical. Failing to do so can perpetuate and even exacerbate existing inequalities and vulnerabilities. Tailored adaptation and mitigation strategies that consider the unique needs and perspectives and recognize and include the knowledge of women, indigenous and afro-descendant communities, local populations, children and youth are essential. In this way, inclusive solutions can be crafted, and their resilience can be ensured. This session will provide a space to reflect on the differentiated impacts of climate change, recognize the knowledge from different groups, and share experiences and good practices from the perspective of the local communities and the groups more affected by climate change.
Side Event
Join IRENA and a diverse range of organizations across Latin America and the Caribbean at this highly anticipated event during the Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2023. We will delve into the transformative world of the World Energy Transition Outlook (WETO) and explore how its 1.5°C Pathway can empower the region's transition to efficient, low-emission energy systems while fostering sustainable growth and resilience. Through engaging dialogues and innovative showcases, we will witness the tremendous potential of renewable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean. From wind farms in Brazil to solar installations in the Caribbean islands, from geothermal projects in Central America to bioenergy initiatives in Mexico, we will discover inspiring examples of renewable energy projects that are shaping the region's energy landscape. WETO demonstrates that a sustainable energy future for Latin America and the Caribbean is not only necessary but also achievable and beneficial. It brings about new economic opportunities, improved livelihoods, and positive environmental and health outcomes for all. This event aims to unite a diverse range of voices and experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean under a shared vision for a prosperous and sustainable energy future.
Supply chain emissions represent the largest source of emissions from companies - they are 11.4 times larger than direct emissions. It is critical for businesses to activate wide-scale decarbonization efforts across supply chains to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and enable the transformation towards a net-zero economy. To support businesses in decarbonizing their supply chain, CDP - the well-known NGO that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts - and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) - the international body that enables businesses and financial institutions to set ambitious emissions reductions targets aligned with the climate science, have developed strong programs and guidance. In this panel, CDP will present CDP’s Supply Chain Program, that helps companies engage their suppliers, identify risks and spot opportunities; and SBTi will present SBTi’s Engagement Guidance, that outlines how to evaluate, develop and set supplier targets and implement engagement programs. In addition, the panel will feature LATAM companies from food & beverage and transportation sectors that are part of both CDP’s Supply Chain Program and the SBTi, who will share their experiences in Scope 3 accounting and engaging their suppliers to inspire other companies in the region.
Action Hub
The Ibero-American private sector is a driver of climate action in the face of the many challenges facing the region, and its climate action and ambition are key drivers of societal transformation. In this context of a weakening narrative and respect for the 1.5ºC limit, we want to highlight the importance of decarbonisation for Latin America and why it is important to build a prosperous economy for people and nature. In this event we will share how joining a global race to the bottom with shared governance facilitates cooperation between different actors, unlocks innovation and investment and allows for accelerated implementation of voluntary commitments. We hope to incorporate lessons learned and good practices from members and race partners to incentivise the engagement of other actors in the race to net zero, inspiring on the pathways and challenges learned in local contexts and the opportunities that exist in working collectively. Before the GST is finalised, we will focus on the potential for cooperation with the public sector.
Side Event
The Sixth Assessment Cycle of the IPCC identifies many gaps regarding climate information and climate action in Central America. Despite its little contribution to the problem, Central America is highly vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change. At current levels of global warming, different impacts are observed, such as irregular precipitation patterns, more frequent and extreme floods and droughts, increased water scarcity, and reduced water security. These impacts are especially pronounced throughout the Central American Dry Corridor, exemplifying how climate change is affecting the region, especially smallholder farmers dependent on rainfed systems. The limited information available about the region flags that there are gaps in climate action, especially on adaptation. Therefore, during this side event, we propose to highlight those gaps, but also perspectives on how they could be overcome by exploring and implementing more systemic and transformational approaches, such as system transitions, transformational adaptation, and climate-resilient development pathways. In this case, water resources and their management are transversal elements as they are related to most of the region’s socio-economic sectors at multiple governance levels (from the local to the national and regional). We aim to provide information that can inform global processes such as the GGA and GTS.
The Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD) and the Central American Council of Agriculture (CAC) since 2019 agreed to work together on the Regional Initiative for Building Resilience in the region with a synergistic approach between Mitigation and Adaptation focusing on the Agriculture, Forestry and other land uses Sector (hereinafter, SICA AFOLU 2040 Regional Initiative). The objective of the Initiative is that by 2030, the region manages to restore and conserve ten million hectares of degraded lands and ecosystems, with the idea of increasing ambition, with a goal of reaching Carbon Neutrality by 2040. The initiative has a high level of ministerial commitment in environment and agriculture and support from the international community. The objective of this event is to share the advances in the articulation of the environmental and agricultural sectors for the implementation of the AFOLU regional initiative, especially in the Central American Dry Corridor, standing out as a unique initiative worldwide that works jointly between these two sectors
Government of Panama Events
Para cumplir el objetivo a largo plazo referente a la temperatura mundial, establecido a través del Artículo 2 del Acuerdo de París, será necesaria una acción climática colectiva que promueva una transformación rápida y profunda en los sistemas económicos y sociales alrededor del mundo. Las Partes deberán trabajar de manera coordinada y colaborativa para lograr las metas climáticas, por ejemplo, a través de mecanismos como los instaurados bajo el Artículo 6 del Acuerdo de París, los cuales se centran en enfoques cooperativos tipo mercados. Los instrumentos de precio al carbono, incluyendo los mercados de carbono, permiten introducir una señal de precio para la mitigación del cambio climático, lo cual es fundamental para impulsar la inversión y el cambio de comportamiento para reducir las emisiones, incluyendo cambios en las decisiones de inversión, producción y consumo. Esto los ha convertido en una opción popular a nivel internacional, que permite promover acciones de mitigación mientras se generan nuevos flujos económicos y se promueve la innovación y transferencia de tecnología. Estos instrumentos representan una herramienta política importante que puede utilizarse como parte de una estrategia macro para descarbonizar las economías; pero en la medida que se generan nuevas opciones de instrumentos, se hace más evidente que no hay una solución única: la elección del instrumento deberá basarse en las prioridades y circunstancias nacionales. En Latinoamérica y el Caribe algunos países han avanzado en la implementación de este tipo de instrumentos. Cada vez son más los países interesados en este abordaje, planteando alternativas novedosas que mezclan mecanismos de acreditación con los sistemas de comercio de emisiones o los impuestos sobre el carbono. Por ejemplo, México cuenta con un sistema de comercio de emisiones a nivel nacional, y a nivel estatal, cuenta con impuestos al carbono; en el caso de Chile, se cuenta con un impuesto al carbono; en el caso de Brasil, se avanza en procesos para la implementación de un sistema de comercio de emisiones; y en el caso de Panamá, se avanza en el desarrollo de un mecanismo de compensación basado en la venta de créditos de carbono. En este contexto, este evento busca abordar las oportunidades para la acción climática que generan los instrumentos de precio al carbono, y evaluar los avances y oportunidades de cooperación que generan dichos instrumentos a nivel regional e internacional. Cada participante presentará el estatus actual de su instrumento implementado, y se abordarán algunas iniciativas regionales que buscan fortalecer la transparencia y generar espacios de intercambio entre países participantes. Objetivos del evento • Generar espacios de intercambio entre diversos países y actores relevantes en la región, que permitan generar discusiones acerca de los instrumentos de precio al carbono, su utilidad, sus ventajas y desventajas. • Presentar avances en cuanto a la implementación de instrumentos de precio al carbono en la región e identificar posibles sinergias con otros países. • Abordar las oportunidades de interacción entre diversos instrumentos y tipos de mercados, incluyendo los mecanismos del Artículo 6, y cómo se están preparando los países para esta interacción, asegurando la transparencia e integridad climática.
Action Hub
Present the LA&C strategy to address the necessary acceleration in CO2 reductions, the decarbonization of the cement sector, and the contribution of the product in the required adaptation and resilience; highlighting the deployment of the Accelerator Program towards Net Zero and the progress being made in LA&C to have Net Zero cement and concrete by 2050.
Thematic Track 2
Side Event
Carbon markets are primed to provide robust and efficient climate finance in Latin America and beyond. In featuring national differences in approaches to carbon markets across the region, and making development processes visible, this session will explore innovative public/private collaborations and novel market instruments. In hearing from governments, project developers, and international financial institutions, this session will showcase the broad range of approaches to carbon market instruments - from ITMO generations to ETS establishment. Speakers will shine a spotlight on development processes, delving into countries’ readiness as well as being conscious of conditions and capabilities. This will be explored through real-life examples such as the NDC roadmap for Costa Rica and the Chilean Eco-Efficiency Plan. Key questions: What are the key conditions to establish an ETS, ITMO scheme and how can actors determine readiness? What are the benefits and impact of public/private collaboration and ITMO generation under Art. 6 of the Paris Agreement? What are future changes experts see occurring and how can governments get involved? Tailored to an audience of governments, project developers, international finance intuitions as well as non-governmental organizations, this session will convey the benefits and impact of carbon market mechanisms to channel climate finance.
Moving towards low-carbon and climate-resilient development is a major challenge, but it is necessary to achieve emission reduction targets mandated by the Paris Agreement. This transition will have different implications in each of the countries, as many countries in the region still depending on carbon-intensive income to feed its economies. That is the reason, it is important to think about a financial and investment model that will need to be implemented by each country, to achieve this transition in a fair manner, where there is a comprehensive vision. This will imply the transition from carbon-intensive industries to cleaner industries, which must ensure jobs and social security, in addition to other conditions that respect their rights. About the event: To carry out the just energy transition, it is necessary to have more and better financing. In this sense, the event proposes to talk about how this transition will be financed, what mechanisms and approaches should be integrated into what already exists, and what other mechanisms should be created to achieve the transition in a fair way. The panel will discuss the role of various stakeholders in achieving the just transition, such as: • Multilateral Development Banks • Private and Public Sector • Civil Society, such as Local government and community The format will be interview-type, with questions that talk about the challenges and opportunities of financing the just energy transition, identifying examples and good practices, as well as alternatives to explore in the future.
Climate change is disrupting weather patterns, leading to extreme weather events, unpredictable water availability, exacerbating water scarcity, and contaminating water supplies. Such impacts can drastically affect the quantity and quality of water that children need to survive. Almost every child on earth is exposed to at least one of these climate and environmental hazards. The event will showcase the priority areas and efforts needed to accelerate the achievement of SDG 6 and SDG 13 in LAC region under the increasingly challenging scenario of climate change. It will explain how the Regional Water Action Agenda aligns with and reinforces several treaties, agreements, and strategies around water management to move towards a sustainable and inclusive water transition, guaranteeing the human right to safely managed drinking water and sanitation, promoting regulatory changes, reversing negative externalities and moving to circular management to reduce pressure on water resources. The event will also explain how children are the most vulnerable as they experience multiple climate shocks combined with poor essential services such as water, sanitation, and healthcare. As climate change disrupts the environment, children are being forced to grow up in an increasingly challenging world. This is a crisis that threatens their health, nutrition, education, development, survival, and future. Finally, it will call to action for mobilizing all the policy, technical and financial resources available in and for the region of Latin America and the Caribbean to achieve the goal.
This Dialogue is organized by UNEP in collaboration with RCC Latin America, NDC Partnership and WWF (tbc) to provide a space for a regional collaboration addressed to policy makers in Latin America countries engaging in transfers of mitigation outcomes under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Through this space countries will exchange experience, information, lessons learned and/or the adoption of good practices about strategic policy decisions including institutional arrangements that are required for the authorization, transfer and tracking of ITMOS under Article 6. This Dialogue is also a presentation window of different initiatives and international cooperation that are available to ensure Article 6 Readiness and minimum requirements for developing countries’ participation in Article 6.
Government of Panama Events
Presentar iniciativas que promueven la adaptación al cambio climático y la resiliencia de las comunidades ante los desastres, a través de la gestión del riesgo, por medio de ejemplos prácticos de las Américas.
Action Hub
Acknowledging ongoing environmental justice problems, and the injustices and inequities exposed with climate change, we invite conference attendees to a transformative and collaborative space to discuss the leadership we need to move forward and advance sustainability goals. Our invited speakers will set the stage with an inspiring 3-minute video of a leadership statement from an Inter-American group of early career science, technology and policy fellows. Facilitators will then share and discuss with the audience how each is working to advance or redefine leadership to be more just, equal, and inclusive. Everyone attending the Action Hub event will be invited to actively participate in a facilitated discussion and activity around the following topics:
- Modeling Roles/Leading by example (how to embed and reward in career advancement)
- Creating Welcoming and brave spaces to be our whole selves
- Building Capacity (individual and institutional)
- Fostering Trust, moving away from the deficit model of science literacy and knowledge
- Decolonizing leadership, rethinking and broadening the idea of who a leader is and what leadership looks like
Thematic Track 4
Women and Gender Constituency, Feminist Action Nexus for Economic and Climate Justice, Red Latinoamericana por Justicia Económica y Social Latindadd, United Nations Development Program
The session will bring together experts, advocates, and governments to shape a vision of gender-just transitions towards equitable societies. From a macroeconomic analysis, panellists will engage in a dialogue on transformative pathways to ensure that human rights remain central to a just transition that responds to the needs of the intersecting realities within our societies. Spotlighting regional leadership, this event will be a dynamic dialogue where diverse perspectives will be shared. Critical reflections will build collective understanding, and practical experiences will showcase alternative pathways that foster collaboration for just transitions.
Affiliated Event
The Caribbean Dialogue on Article 6 implementation is organized by RCC Caribbean in collaboration with the GIZ and NDC Partnership. The Dialogue aim to flag out opportunities and reinforce the existing network across small islands and provide a space for them to share, scale up and replicate national, regional and local examples of climate action and the use of markets and non-market approaches. Through peer learning and exchanges of national, regional, and local good practices, participants will identify potential solutions and synergies for accelerating progress towards the implementation of NDC and LT-LEDS by enabling Article 6 mechanisms.
Action Hub
We will explore how the Caribbean region can propel the transformation of the environmental crises generated by sargassum invasions into valuable sustainable value chains. Sargasso invasions have had a significant impact on the environment, the economy, and human health. However, through the work of SOS Carbon, Fundación Terra & Marre and MIT, we have developed innovative solutions to mitigate the problem at scale and value sargassum by turning it into high value-added products, such as biostimulants. These products not only reduce pollution from synthetic fertilizers, but also create economic opportunities and promote sustainable agricultural practices. We will highlight the path of SOS Carbon from our beginning in the mechanical engineering department at MIT. In addition, we will show case how through collaborations and tangible results, we are demonstrating that it is possible to turn crises into opportunities for sustainable development and environmental resilience.
Side Event
Amplifying Voices: Youth and Children-driven Action for Climate Empowerment in LAC aims to explore and showcase the central role young individuals, children, and youth-led organizations play in driving Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) in Latin America and the Caribbean. This event will underscore how youth-led movements are reshaping climate action, and how we can better support them. We aim to spotlight the power and potential of younger generations in the context of Latin America, and delve into their role with citizens and the public sector. We also aim to address the significant challenges and barriers they encounter, including financing and government engagement.
Thematic Track 2
Local and subnational governments are the primary implementers of localised actions, the ‘first responders’ to the disasters associated with climate change, and the best “vehicles” for delivery of climate action. It is urgent to develop a platform for dialogue and collaboration among cities, regions, businesses and various non-state actors committed to enhancing urban resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean through the implementation of nature-based solutions, where NBS contribute to climate resilience, particularly in communities most vulnerable to climate impacts.
Side Event
The event will underscore the urgent necessity of integrating climate adaptation and water resources management agendas. It aims to foster a dialogue on opportunities for integrating planning instruments such as National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), National Determined Contributions (NDC´s), and Integrated Water Resource Management Plans (IWRM) to ensure an effective strategy for water security and increase climate resilience in the countries. The session will showcase examples from Panama, Guatemala, and Honduras to emphasize the importance of adopting a cross-sectoral and territorial approach for climate adaptation and water resources management, highlighting the need for collaborative action to achieve a transformative trajectory toward water security. The event will facilitate a dialogue among government officials, international organizations, and basin organizations on how water and climate adaptation planning instruments have led to greater integration and coordination between different agendas, ultimately leading to implementing actions at the basin level. The event’s structure will include a thought-provoking panel and short presentations of case studies. An interactive dynamic using innovative participatory tools will encourage participants’ collaboration in identifying key elements and good practices that can contribute to bringing NAPs, NDCs, and IWRM together for secure water resources in Central America.
There is an urgent need to scale up finance to? achieve ??the full potential of? forests to contribute to climate change mitigation? goals and ?to have a chance of meeting Paris Agreement ambitions. This requires targeting several options for the implementation and financing of REDD+, with the involvement of multiple stakeholders. In this context, the event will explore what conditions are needed to diversify sources of finance for forests and climate and how high integrity is the key to achieving this. In the past few months, there has been a growing interest in channeling funding for forest conservation and restoration in a decentralized manner. Several jurisdictions have announced calls for forestry concessions, which include emission reductions and removal projects. Others are exploring direct agreements with project developers interested in generating carbon credits. This will a landscape where REDD+ projects and jurisdictional-level activities must coexist in order to ensure social, environmental and accounting integrity. However, countries face challenges with REDD+ initiatives operating at different scales and through diverse funding sources. This can lead to difficulties aligning accounting, governance and safeguards frameworks, with strong involvement of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and other key stakeholders. Nesting presents an opportunity to align activities, approaches, and systems at different scales and optimize resources for ?forests. ?Although there are no specific ‘nesting models’ to follow, there are emerging experiences and understandings of key considerations and best practices. This event will feature case studies from LAC countries that are developing nesting approaches for REDD+, including challenges to ensure high environmental integrity and social inclusion, and consistency in baselines, MRV and safeguards systems, among others. There will also be a discussion on challenges and barriers to finance for forests and climate, such as ?those?? ?related to carbon accounting, legal frameworks, governance, and risk management. Some key considerations and recommendations will be provided to support the implementation of effective nesting approaches and for scaling up high-integrity finance.
Government of Panama Events
El liderazgo de empresas comprometidas con la sostenibilidad es clave para impulsar a otros actores a sumarse a la lucha contra el cambio climático, generar experiencia en los beneficios de la sostenibilidad para la rentabilidad y el desarrollo de negocios. Ante esta realidad, es de gran importancia conocer los estándares existentes para facilitar el reporte de información específica de sostenibilidad, brindando transparencia, consistencia a los reporte del sector privado.
Presentar los avances, retos yoportunidades del programa RTH Productos y el papel del programa para impulsar modeloseconómicos sostenibles dentro del país, rescatando el factor de éxito que ha sido la cooperación eintercambio de experiencias entre países pares y la importancia de replicar experiencias como estasen la región.
LACCW 2023 Global Event
Action Hub
In the Caribbean island of Grenada, water availability has never been a source of concern for the citizens who are used to generous rainy seasons and mild dry seasons. However, in the last decades, things have started to change. At the same time has tourism increased by several folds, and with it the number of water users, the rainfall has decreased, and the dry season have become hotter and dryer. Grenadians’ attitudes and beliefs about water consumption and water availability must change to adapt to this new reality and to insure that water will continue to be available to sustain the citizen of Grenada as well as their visitors, so needed to keep the economy going. In a TED talk-styled presentation followed by a Q&A session with the audience, the GIZ G-CREW team will share lessons learnt out of Grenada’s actions to transform its citizen from “Water Wasters” to “Water Champions” by promoting the adoption of water conservation methods such as rainwater harvesting, the technological tools available to better conserve water such as water efficient devices and the behaviour users must turn to in order to become Water Champions by implementing a compelling communication and awareness strategy nation-wide.
Side Event
The UK Government is organizing the panel on the transformative impact of UK’s support under the Blue Planet Fund, through programmes such as Blue Carbon Fund, ProBlue, GPAP, among others, such as the Global Fund for Coral Reefs in Latin America and Caribbean. This event will provide a platform for technical specialists, Non-Governmental Organizations and other institutions to focus on collaborative efforts, best practices and innovative solutions in preserving marine ecosystems, promoting sustainable fisheries, and addressing climate change’s impacts on coastal communities. Furthermore, the event will also centre on effective policy frameworks (already in place and new ones), financing mechanisms and inclusive approaches to ensure the long-term health and resilience of the marine ecosystems, while a supporting the livelihoods of coastal communities.
By fostering south-south collaboration and facilitating knowledge sharing, this event will explore how to effectively design and implement blue carbon initiatives through cross-institutional collaborations. Bringing together stakeholders from diverse backgrounds, including the private sector, NGOs, Government and research institutions from Colombia and Panama, this event promotes the exchange of ideas in order to examine technical, financial, and policy barriers and opportunities for blue carbon initiatives. Moreover, the event seeks to explore best avenues for potential cross boundary collaborations and will foster the development of south-to-south partnerships as well as the consolidation of a multi-stakeholder platform for the implementation of blue carbon projects. By engaging in these discussions, attendees will gain valuable knowledge and practical strategies to overcome challenges and maximize the impact of blue carbon projects.
COP 26 finally adopted the rules, modalities, and procedure (RMP) for implementing Article 6, and even COP 27 gave us more specific mandates on how to implement this Article to comply with the Paris Agreement. Understanding these RMPs has been challenging to digest. There still needs to be more clarity on how countries could use Article 6 to help achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN), as a Negotiating Party Group of the UNFCCC, has been working on the implementation of Article 5.2 and its insertion in Article 6.2 to convert REDD+ Results Units (RRUs) into Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) following all RMPs that apply to 6.2 as well as enhancing the capacity building needed in many of our rainforest developing countries. In this event, CfRN and the governments of Honduras, Belize, and Suriname will showcase the efforts undertaken to create ITMOs based on the results obtained through implementing Article 5.2, which focuses on REDD+. Suriname is becoming the first country to create ITMOs from Article 5.2, complying with all the provisions outlined in Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement concerning the Initial Report, National Registry, and its relation to the country's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) based on the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory. Honduras and Belize are learning from Suriname´s experience and will be ready to create the ITMOs from Article 5.2 next year. CfRN has been working collaboratively with these three countries, among many others enhancing the capacity to meet Article 5.2, Article 13, and Article 6.2 in line with the countries’ NDC to demonstrate how countries can utilize their RRUs by the provisions and negotiations under Article 6.2, transforming these units into ITMOs and monetize them. The event's outcome is to educate and enhance clarity on the functioning of the REDD+ mechanism under the Paris Agreement and show how businesses and individuals can reward the national actions of rainforest countries that have protected and restored rainforests to hit their net-zero targets.
The event will showcase findings from a interagency regional report mapping of climate and environmental education policies and programs, gaps, challenges and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean and recommendations to accelerate the climate action in the education sector. The event is developed for a diverse audience, in particular for the education sector, such as environmental education directors, education for sustainable development representatives, higher education networks and climate youth leaders.
The consequences of climate change and environmental degradation in early childhood development (ECD) are extensive, children’s physical health and growth, as well as their psychological development and mental well-being, are disturbed in a stage where the brain is developing in an extraordinary way, neuronal connections are being formed at a speed that will never be repeated in a lifetime, and have an influence on the cognitive, emotional, physical, and social development of girls and boys. While Early Childhood is a time of significant possible disruption to a child’s development, it is also a time of significant opportunity. Providing consistent investment in Early Childhood by enabling them to access nurturing care is a cost-effective investment in a country’s future. This event will present a regional report that reveals the importance of early childhood development in addressing climate change, will explain how children during early childhood are the most vulnerable among the vulnerable, but also are the most valuable in terms of returns of investment, and play a strategic role to build resilient communities and drive systemic change in the short and long term. Finally, we will showcase how Ministries of Education are incorporating climate into EC education systems in the LAC region and the importance of ECD investments in education.
Action Hub
NUVI (New Life) is a project that has joined 19 competitors in the plastic industry, for a single goal: Create a local industry that will polymerize post-consumption plastics into food-grade recycled resin. NUVI is consolidating volume in order to attract investors and accelerate the existence of a local circular economy in the Dominican Republic.
Affiliated Event
The objective of the event is to raise awareness and enhance understanding of participants from the region on the importance of understanding the socioeconomic impacts of the transition in the planning process. The participants will be able to understand the possible trade-offs between climate objectives and sustainable development, and other policies that need to be put in place to achieve both.
Government of Panama Events
El aumento de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI), producto de las actividades humanas ha traído consecuencias significativas que han afectado a los asentamientos humanos y ecosistemas de todo el mundo. El Acuerdo de París, en su artículo 2.1a, establece busca mantener el aumento de la temperatura media mundial muy por debajo de 2 ºC., respecto a los niveles preindustriales y proseguir los esfuerzos orientados a limitar ese aumento de la temperatura a 1.5 ºC., respecto a los niveles preindustriales, reconociendo que ello reduciría considerablemente los riesgos y los efectos del cambio climático. Para alcanzar los objetivos a largo plazo declarados en el Acuerdo de París al 2050, los Ministerios de Hacienda Pública, Economía y Finanzas o Planificación para el Desarrollo deberán garantizar que las decisiones inherentes al proceso de asignación de recursos en el Presupuesto Público, consideren la variable de cambio climático, a fin de que los recursos de inversión pública disponibles contribuyan al cumplimiento de las metas establecidas sobre reducción de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (Mitigación) y propicien condiciones favorables para un desarollo resiliente al cambio climático (Adaptación). Por medio de este evento, se busca conocer los avances en la integración de criterios de cambio climático en la definición del presupuesto público por parte de los Hacienda Pública, Economía y Finanzas o Planificación para el Desarrollo de países de la región de Latinoamérica y El Caribe. Objetivo del evento • Compartir sobre la importancia del trabajo colaborativo entre las unidades técnicas de los Ministerios de Hacienda Pública, Economía y Finanzas o Planificación para el Desarrollo, y sus contrapartes en los Ministerios de Ambiente, para alcanzar los objetivos a largo plazo del Acuerdo de París. • Resaltar ejemplos de buenas prácticas por parte de los gestores de la planificación presupuestal en los Ministerios de Hacienda Pública, Economía y Finanzas o Planificación para el Desarrollo de la región, para el alineamiento del presupuesto de inversiones públicas para la acción climática.
Affiliated Event
Room: Veraguas
Side Event
Global Resilience Partnership
Achieving the Paris Agreement and inherently climate justice requires an increased and meaningful participation of local actors and voices which have often been underrepresented in decision making spaces across scales. Only through these means can we align climate action with the needs and challenges of those that have been most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and have had less access to financial and other capacities that restrict their representation across decision making spaces.
This session is proposed in the context of the LAC Regional Resilience Hub providing insights to the overall Resilience Hub at COP28. It aims to provide a space to discuss the opportunities that exist for different stakeholders to participate in democratic decision making across multiple scales (local, national and global), and ways in which this can support building resilience and adaptation. Successful learnings and experiences will be shared to raise the voices of local actors making progress in democratically addressing the climate crises. Obstacles and challenges will also be identified.
We expect this event to provide a space for open conversation and synthesize a set of key messages that will inform the Resilience Hub, and will drive forward representation of Latin American progress in building resilience and adaptation through governance.
Government of Panama Events
los Ministerios de Hacienda Pública, Economía y Finanzas o Planificación para el Desarrollo deberán garantizar que las decisiones inherentes al proceso de asignación de recursos en el Presupuesto Público, consideren la variable de cambio climático, a fin de que los recursos de inversión pública disponibles contribuyan al cumplimiento de las metas establecidas sobre reducción de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (Mitigación) y propicien condiciones favorables para un desarollo resiliente al cambio climático (Adaptación). Por medio de este evento, se busca conocer los avances en la integración de criterios de cambio climático en la definición del presupuesto público por parte de los Hacienda Pública, Economía y Finanzas o Planificación para el Desarrollo de países de la región de Latinoamérica y El Caribe.
El evento presentará los avances en la implementación de la Estrategia Nacional de Acción por el Empoderamiento Climático (ENACE) en Panamá. Este actuará como punto de partida para un diálogo con la sociedad civil y expertos en Adaptación al Cambio Climático y Empoderamiento Climático (ACE). Durante este diálogo, se compartirán los progresos de otros países de la región, así como las lecciones aprendidas y los desafíos asociados con la Estrategia para el Empoderamiento Climático. Objetivo: El objetivo principal del evento es destacar la Estrategia Nacional de Acción por el Empoderamiento Climático (ENACE) en Panamá como un paso significativo hacia el cumplimiento de los compromisos del Acuerdo de París y resaltar el liderazgo ejercido por el Gobierno de Panamá en este ámbito. Asimismo, busca promover un diálogo constructivo entre actores nacionales e internacionales acerca de la importancia de la implementación de ENACE en la región.
Gender equality is an international development priority, including in the design and implementation of climate agendas and policies. Many countries are now recognizing that gender responsive agendas can be a catalyst to promote women’s empowerment and leadership and reduce prevalent gender inequalities that limit their livelihoods, increase their vulnerability and decrease their resilience. And vice versa, countries are now recognizing that promoting women’s empowerment and leadership and addressing gender inequalities is a catalyst for a more effective, efficient, equitable and sustainable climate solutions. In the past years the Latin America and the Caribbean region has shown a great progress in developing climate agendas and solutions that consider the link between gender, climate action and development policies of countries and pave the way for an environmental and social transformation where women are at the centre. For example, countries that enhanced their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement and have included more comprehensive and ambitious gender commitments. As of July 2023, 100% of the LAC countries included gender considerations. Of those 45% of NDCs recognize national gender equality policies as part of the relevant climate policy framework and 35% referred to the importance of women’s participation in decision-making on climate action. The next years are pivotal for the implementation of the Enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender and its Action Plan, the undated NDCs and accelerated realization of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. Hence the UNFCCC Climate Week provides the perfect occasion to a) conduct a stocktaking of the progress achieved so far by countries in mainstreaming gender in their climate agendas and b) discuss strategic actions to support countries in integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment within the implementation of their NDCs and Enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender and its Action Plan. Ensuring a gender responsive implementation is not a single shot activity but rather requires an integrated approach to deliver transformative change that is focused on developing effective governance, inclusive planning and integrated policy frameworks that are mutually reinforcing. This integrated gender responsive implementation paves the way for the transformation of prevalent gender inequalities in environmental sectors and the generation of opportunities for women’s empowerment. In this context, the Ministry of Environment of Panama in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) aim to organize a side-event during the LAC Climate Week held in Panamá, allowing for countries to reflect upon relevant progress and increased ambition of gender integration in the second generation of NDCs and the challenges and opportunities that might arise to ensure the implementation of these gender commitments. Considering that Climate Week is focused on Societies, health, livelihoods, and economies, this is a great opportunity to bring into the discussion the benefits of a gender responsive design and implantation of the NDCs, particularly it will represent a platform to stock take how the design and implementation of the NDCS, has supported innovative actions that: • Address ongoing deep-rooted gender barriers and inequalities. • Recognize and engage women fully and equitably in climate change decision-making. • Value unique and complementary stewardship and contributions of women and men to climate actions. • Equitably increase women’s access to climate finance. • Improve women’s livelihood and their economic empowerment. • Generate new sustainable livelihood, productive and economic opportunities for women through ambitious climate action. Side-Event Description and Objective The objective of the event is to highlight examples of gender responsive climate actions implemented by countries in LAC that contribute to the achievement of the country’s climate goals and commitments and the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the Enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender and its Gender Action Plan. The event will focus on how countries are moving from policy to action and provide a comprehensive analysis of the enabling conditions required to implement gender responsive climate mitigation and adaptation actions on the ground. This side event will provide a stocktake of the data and results achieved by countries to integrate gender considerations in their enhanced NDCs and contribute to the implementation of the Enhanced Lima Work Programme on Gender and its Action Plan. The event will also bring together high-level government representatives and other key actors to reflect on scaling ambition through implementation. The event will also be a space to share knowledge and good practices from countries where impact is shown on integrating gender equality into the second generation of NDC. Simultaneously contributing to gender equality and climate action and bridging these experiences can lead to more effective and inclusive NDC implementation as well as to achieve co-benefits on other SDGs. Specific Objectives • Stock take of the actions implemented by LAC countries to ensure gender considerations where properly integrates their enhanced NDCs and their implementation plans. • Enable and support the dissemination of valuable good practices and lessons learnt, designing and implementing gender responsive NDCs and climate action in LAC. • Provide a platform that fosters constructive dialogues between Parties and non-Party stakeholders, creating opportunities to identify on the challenges and opportunities related to the implementation of gender responsive NDC and propose actions to ensure climate action is ambitious and gender transformative. • Provide insights for enhancing the engagement of non-Party stakeholders, including regional and local governments, the private sector, investors, youth, science, academia, Indigenous Peoples, and others, in the implementation in ambitious and gender transformative climate action.