Since 2010, on the basis of the agreements made at the Fifth Summit of the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean (EU-LAC), held in Lima in May 2008, the two regions have worked together to face climate change through the EUROCLIMA programme. Given the programme’s many achievements and the great environmental challenges to come, the countries of the LAC region and the European Union have chosen to join forces in a new regional cooperation effort by implementing a broader programme—EUROCLIMA+
