More than 30 representatives from the programme's partner countries will take part in the course, which aims to provide tools for long-term climate planning.
Santiago de Chile, 30 September 2021. Achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the reduction of emissions needed to contain the increase in global temperature requires the definition of medium and long-term visions that allow for a transition to sustainable, low-emission development.
In this framework, the EUROCLIMA+ programme, through the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), started the training course "Preparing the development of Long-Term Climate Strategies in Latin America", which aims to strengthen technical and methodological competences of Latin American countries for the development and implementation of their Long-Term Climate Strategies (LTCS), in line with their national commitments reflected in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
This training course is developed in the framework of the initiative "Regional Collaboration for transparency and compliance with NDCs and generation of Long-Term Climate Strategies", jointly implemented by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Public Administration and Policy (FIIAPP), GIZ and the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), with the aim of reducing common gaps in the planning and implementation of climate actions in five Latin American countries: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Uruguay. In addition to representatives from these five countries involved in the action, representatives from the programme's partner countries Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru. and Venezuela are also participating in the training course.
The main objective of this course is to enable participants to learn about methodologies and instruments for long-term climate planning, to understand the requirements for defining thematic and sectoral indicators, and to become familiar with relevant analyses for the definition of long-term adaptation and mitigation targets.
Together with the objectives of the course itself, this initiative seeks to promote the creation of a long-term Latin American Climate Planning Network that facilitates capacity building in the region through training, exchanges, dissemination of studies and best practices, the creation of communities of practice, as well as fostering regional collaboration in the field.
The inauguration of the course took place on 28 September, and a total of six meetings are expected to be held, with a closing session on 22 October. This training course will be developed in virtual modality, based on the "learning-by-doing" methodology. It will combine synchronous and asynchronous activities, including webinars, readings, exchanges, and reflections among participants. At the end of the course, participants will evaluate the contents and the facilitation and methodologies used with the aim of introducing improvements for future replicability.
During this week, the Long-Term Climate Strategies course started with Module 1 and will continue in the following sessions with Module 2 scheduled for 5 and 6 October, and Module 3 for 19 and 20 October. The course will close with a special session on 22 October, to which the National Focal Points of the programme are also invited.
See the Conceptual Note for the course here
About EUROCLIMA+
EUROCLIMA+ is a programme funded by the European Union and co-financed by the German federal government 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 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean 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-America Foundation for Administration and Public Policy (FIIAPP), the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), and the UN Environment Programme.