Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Ministry of Environment and Water

Ministry of Environment

Ministry of Popular Power for the Environment

The Deputy Minister for Development Cooperation and the Minister's Office in charge, Jaime Miranda, closed this afternoon the II Regional Dialogue on Climate Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Christiana Figueres officially announces that COP20 will take place in Lima, Peru. 

"We have a clear mandate to encourage governmental institutions to seek intersectoral solutions that allow urgent adaptation to this environmental phenomenon (climate change)“ said the Deputy Minister for Development Cooperation. 

Representatives from the Ministries of Finances, Environment, Planning and Foreign affairs will attend this event. The event is financed by Development Cooperation partners such as UNDP, UNEP through REGATTA, the European Commission through its EUROCLIMA programme, the Inter-American Development (IADB), the Latin American Development Bank (CAF), among others. For the European Commission, Mr. Stefan Agne from the Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) will present the EU experience in taking advantage of the private sector for climate change financing. The Director of EUROCLIMA's Technical Assistance, Mr. Jan Karremans, participates in the Organisation Committee of this event.

This document is a product of the project "The Economics of Climate Change in Central America" which aims to conduct an economic impact study on the effects of climate change in Central America. Download (in Spanish). 

This document is a product of the project "The Economics of Climate Change in Central America" which aims to conduct an economic impact study on the effects of climate change in Central America. Download (in Spanish).

Peru will host the global largest event on climate change in 2014.

Peru will host the global largest event on climate change in 2014.

Europe and Latin America ahead of redefinining their "common, but differentiated, responsibilities". Download (in Spanish).

EUROCLIMA Results of the First Phase (May 2010 - May 2013). Download in English, Spanish or Portuguese.

Analyses the changes in the coastal dynamics, the climate variability influence, information on the vulnerability of the region' s coasts. Download (in Spanish). 

Lessons from El Salvador to overcome the barriers to access climate change financing. Download (in Spanish).

As part of its Communities of Practice, the Regional Portal REGATTA, organises an online forum on the implications of the scale of the climate projections in the study of the impacts of climate change in Andean agriculture.

July will be an intense month for representatives and experts of Latin America and the Caribbean interested in the exchange of experience on climate change finances. A webinar on this topic will take place on 9 July and the II Regional Dialogue on climate change finance in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place from 29 till 30 July in San Salvador.

El Ministro de Ambiente del Perú recalcó la importancia de la colaboración internacional con el Perú para enfrentar el Cambio Climático.
La Unión Europea anunció una cooperación con América Latina de 300 millones de EUROS hasta el 2020, para la lucha contra el cambio climático y la sostenibilidad ambiental.