Colombia celebrated 20 years of the Colombian Environmental Seal during the event “Ecolabel with a Purpose: The Road to the Colombian Environmental Seal,” held on November 20 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Bogotá Salitre AR hotel. The event brought together representatives from the public, private, academic and international cooperation sectors to present the new technical…
The Fundación Humedales, in cooperation with the International Climate Initiative (IKI) in the framework of the Living Lakes Biodiversity and Climate project, is leading a pioneering process of productive and environmental transformation with the Biodiversity Performance Tool (BPT) methodology in two of the most emblematic watersheds in Colombia: Fúquene and Tota. The project, which combines…
Within the framework of the XVI Regional Women’s Conference, the side event “Climate Change and Care: towards a green and just transition in Latin America and the Caribbean” was held on August 12, 2025 in Mexico City. The IKI Interface project and the CDAP Women Leaders Course initiative developed this space with UNDP Regional to…
The Green Banking program began a new phase in Brazil and Colombia in 2025. Present in six countries, the Renewables Academy (RENAC) project, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) via the International Climate Initiative (IKI), seeks to expand the…
Land-use change has caused 90% of global deforestation over the past three decades, with South America among the most affected regions due to agricultural expansion. Since May, the regional initiative “Compliance with EU Regulation with a Landscape Impact” has been under development, involving Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, and Peru. The project aims that, by 2030, agricultural…
The Green Banking program began a new phase in Brazil and Colombia in 2025. Present in six countries, the Renewables Academy (RENAC) project, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) from Germany via the International Climate Initiative (IKI), seeks to expand…
On August 20, in a milestone for the energy transformation of the region, the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), through its IKI Interface project, has put Mulatos, Necoclí, on the innovation map. The initiative, which seeks to establish the first energy community in the territory, was presented at the University-Enterprise-State Committee (CUEE) of Urabá, with the…
On August 19 and 20, a kick-off workshop was held in Mulatos, Necoclí to propose an associative model between Asopescar, the Mayor’s Office of Necoclí and Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), in order to take advantage of synergies between the community, the public sector and the business sector to accelerate the energy transition, promote citizen…
Socialization of results and lessons learned from the consultancies developed with the support of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWE), which allow the strengthening of energy communities in the country. The Ministry of Mines and Energy, in partnership with the IKI Interface project, an initiative of…
Bogota, D. C., June 19, 2025 (@MinAmbienteCol) – As a result of the accelerated growth in demand for cooling systems and air conditioning (RAC) in the industrial and commercial sectors, Colombia faces the challenge of moving towards cleaner, safer and more efficient technologies. To support the processes of technological change, the Ministry of Environment and…
