Download the Final Proceedings of this Seminar, as well as other related documents and presentations. The Seminar was held in Bogotá, Colombia on 25-27 February 2013. 

The Focal Points of the 18 Latin American countries reflected on the current state of the Programme, they exchanged the events and relevant news in the participating countries with a view to Rio+20, the LAC-UE Summit and the Second EUROCLIMA Seminar. The event took place in Tela, Honduras. 

The First Coordination Workshop took place in Santiago de Chile, on 15-16 September 2011. 

Second Regional Workshop EUROCLIMA took place in Tela, Honduras, May 2012. “Regional meetings, facilitated by the EUROCLIMA programme, are vital to ease access to the information that countries need to design and implement public policies that address the urgent challenges of climate change”, said Ms Catherine Ghyoot, Directorate General for Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid of the European Commission.

After two days of presentations, speeches, debates and thematic meetings, those attending the First Latin American and Caribbean Dialogue on Climate Change Finance and Development Effectiveness agreed that improving the capacity of governments to make effective use of the resources allocated for this matter is crucial.

"Results and Prospects in face of climate change EUROCLIMA 2010-2016" is the title of the event that brought together more than 70 Latin American and European experts from 25 - 27 February 2013 in the city of Bogotá, Colombia.

The UN body warns that the region could suffer more intense droughts and hurricanes with a severe impact on the economies and calls for urgent action to implement adaptation measures.

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) approved US$1.08 billion in near-zero-interest loans and grants to support Bolivia, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Lao PDR, Mali, Mexico and Nepal in their efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council, at its 41st Council Meeting, approved decisions on the administration of the GEF, as well as a work programme including several biodiversity-related projects on protected areas, and an innovative International Waters initiative, the “Blue Forests” effort to estimate the carbon sequestration capacity of coastal habitats like mangroves, sea grass beds, coral reefs and salt marshes, and demonstrate their economic value. 

This project builds on the work of Adapta Sertao, a coalition of research institutions and NGOs that helps smallholder farmers become more resilient to climate change through an adapted agricultural system.

Around 60 representatives from various Latin American countries met in Tela, Honduras to share the main results of the actions carried out on climate change and water resources management in the framework of the regional cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Latin America through the EUROCLIMA programme and the RALCEA project.

After a year and a half of work, the Colombian proposal for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), received preliminary approval at the Rio+20 Conference and should receive full approval next Friday when all the national leaders meet.

As part of the seminar “Infrastructure for Climate Change”, the Latin American Development Bank (CAF) presented Geopolis, a network for the management and reduction of disaster risk. This network has been created to develop a comprehensive vision for the execution of infrastructure projects that facilitate social and economic growth in a sustainable way.

The national workshop “Developing synergies between public and private sectors, policies and indicators of vulnerability and resilience, to support adaptation to climate change in the agriculture sector” was held on 24 and 25 October 2012 in the Meeting Room of the IICA Office in Uruguay.

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Spanish Office for Climate Change (OECC) that operates under the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and the Environmental Hydraulics Institute "IH Cantabria" of the University of Cantabria have developed a specific methodology to assess the impacts of climate change on coastal areas, which they have made available to Latin American and Caribbean countries.

The Team Leader of Technical Assistance of EUROCLIMA, Mr. Jan A. J. Karremans and the Regional Coordinator Unit (RCU) for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Coordinator Mr. Heitor Matallo met in Santiago de Chile on 22th November 2012.

The Latin American Network of Knowledge Centres in the Water Sector (RALCEA), funded by the European Commission has closed its third Coordination Workshop, which took place on 17-23 March in Viña del Mar, Chile, in the context of the 1st Latin American Week of Water.