The path toward decarbonizing the maritime sector in the region reached a key milestone late last year, when the Strategic Dialogue was established “Toward a Green Maritime Transport Corridor in Latin America” “How Can Panama and Colombia Promote a Green Maritime Corridor Between Latin America and Europe?” organized by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) H2-diplo…
Colombia launches its National Strategy for Nature-Based Solutions with support from the IKI SolNatura project, led by GIZ, KfW, CAF, and other partners. On March 17, 2026, Colombia’s National Planning Department (DNP) officially unveiled the National Strategy for Nature-Based Solutions (ENSbN), a public policy instrument that outlines a roadmap for integrating disaster risk management, biodiversity…
The Global Peatlands Initiative (GPI), comprising 67 members, is meeting in Latin America for the first time, with the option of virtual participation available to all its members. The fourth GPI partners’ meeting will take place in Lima, Peru, from June 30 to July 2, 2026, followed by field visits on July 3 and 4….
Colombia is moving towards a fairer and more inclusive biodiversity agenda by integrating a cross-cutting gender and intergenerational approach in the update of the Biodiversity Action Plan 2030 (BAP 2030). This approach considers both power relations and social roles between men and women, as well as the needs and rights of different generations: children, youth…
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), through the SPAR6C program, will participate in the Colombia Carbon Forum 2026, the country’s main event on carbon markets, to be held on April 16 and 17 at the Agora Convention Center in Bogota. This space brings together key players from the public, private and academic sectors to discuss…
Para fortalecer la preparación de Colombia en su participación en los mercados de carbono bajo el Artículo 6 (A6) del Acuerdo de París y avanzar hacia el cumplimiento de sus metas climáticas, el programa SPAR6C, implementado por el Instituto Global para el Crecimiento Verde (GGGI, por sus siglas en inglés), ha desarrollado tres nuevos productos…
How to mobilize sustainable financing in Latin America and the Caribbean when capital exists, but is not always well directed? This article gathers the main lessons learned from the IKI regional workshop, which reflected on how to redirect flows, strengthen capacities and scale up climate action through networking. Closing the financing gap for climate action…
In Colombia, restoration processes have become increasingly important as a way to reverse, control and compensate the advance of deforestation. In this sense, the beginning of the process of updating the platform for monitoring restoration actions of the National Forest Information System (SNIF) is very relevant because it will allow to know in a dynamic…
Within the framework of the IKI Future Landscapes project in Colombia, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), UFZ and Nestle are working with territorial partners (anchor companies, water funds, chambers of commerce and governments) to consolidate demonstration centers, farms that today represent concrete and measurable progress towards regenerative agriculture and livestock and are examples in the implementation…
The Latin American Climate Assets Disclosure Initiative (LACADI) made key progress in the development of the LACADI DivulgAcción program , a program designed to strengthen the climate management capabilities of financial institutions in the region. At the end of October 2025, the Understanding Phase, focused on gaining an in-depth understanding of the business, operations and…
