A joint regional event in which a series of virtual activities will take place between September and December 2020. The events will start with a launch on 2, 3 and 4 September.
San José, Costa Rica, August 28, 2020. The health and economic crisis generated by the COVID-19 virus poses the challenge of not neglecting the climate issues and commitments already made by the region, which also take on greater priority today due to the urgent need for a post-pandemic green recovery. With a special focus on these challenges, EUROCLIMA+, together with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the LEDS LAC platform will develop a joint regional event entitled: Climate Action in Times of Crisis. Promoting sustainable recovery after COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This joint regional event, which will be completely virtual, will run from September to December 2020 and will contain various sessions (virtual activities). In general, each of the planned sessions will pay special attention to the efforts that countries are making in designing their long-term strategies; reviewing and updating their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs); and moving forward with the implementation of their current NDCs.
The programming of the event will be structured through three thematic axes: Long-term strategies, led by the IDB; Updating NDCs and increasing ambition, organised by the EUROCLIMA+ initiative Dialogue among Peers and UNDP; and the sectoral action axis: transport, which will be the responsibility of Sustentar.
Launch Events
Three activities will inaugurate this joint regional event:
September 2:
| Climate action for a green recovery | Increasing ambition in NDCs | ||||
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September 3:
| Long-term strategies towards zero emissions | Resilient, low-emission mobility and transport | ||||
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September 4:
| NDC LAC. A new tool on NDC progress | Current priorities for climate action in LAC | ||||
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Registration for the event is already available through the link: http://bit.ly/participa-eventoconjunto2020
About EUROCLIMA+
EUROCLIMA+ is a programme financed by the European Union and co-financed by the Federal Government of Germany through the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), as well as by the governments of France and Spain. It aims to reduce the impact of climate change and its effects in 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries by promoting climate change mitigation and adaptation, resilience, and investment. The Programme is implemented under the synergistic work of seven agencies: the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the French Development Agency (AFD), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Expertise France (EF), the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Public Administration and Policy (FIIAPP), the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), and UN Environment.
More information:
Dialogue among Peers to enhance NDC implementation in Latin America
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For general information about the Programme:
Alexandra Cortés, communication and visibility of the EUROCLIMA+ Secretariat
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