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…
The First Climate Alliance Week between Colombia and Germany was held at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota from June 3 to 6. The inauguration of this week included speeches by the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Lena Estrada Añokazi, and the German Ambassador, Martina Klumpp, who highlighted the strategic value of the…
News on the IKI Colombia website is intended to highlight milestones or special events of IKI projects in Colombia that other implementing organizations and our readers may find interesting. Examples include: a key project event, the approval of a law/strategy/plan that the project has been working on, or measurable impacts by the project. Below is…
The IKI Colombia library functions as a knowledge management platform designed to disseminate learning, best practices and valuable experiences developed by the IKI network projects in Colombia. The library houses a wide variety of formats including technical documents, event proceedings, specialized publications and multimedia resources such as videos, graphic material and infographics, among others. Each…
