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…
LACADI developed the first Case Study on the current state of retail investment in sustainable finance in Colombia, a comprehensive analysis that examines the national ecosystem, maps the supply of green instruments and proposes a strategic roadmap to strengthen the participation of individual investors in climate action. The study was prepared between September and November…
In Colombia, Peru and Mexico, the Latin American Climate Assets Disclosure Initiative (LACADI) developed the Climate Conscious Leadership Workshop, a space designed to strengthen the capacities of board members and senior management on the integration of climate risk into corporate governance. The sessions, held between September and October 2025, brought together more than 30 representatives…
Colombia moves forward with the implementation of the National Aquatic Mammal Action Plan 2022-2035! The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia with support from the IKI Save the Blue Five project, a regional project funded by the Federal Ministry of Environment, Climate Protection, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) of Germany, through the…
Within the framework of Cooperation efforts to promote financial models that support biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, Banco Davivienda and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, through the IKI Save the Blue Five project, formalized a technical collaboration agreement aimed at strengthening sustainable finance linked to the protection of mangrove ecosystems and coastal biodiversity…
IKI SPAR6C Colombia extends until December 19, 2025 the call for the Research Mentoring Program (RPM), an initiative that offers mentoring, internships and professional incorporation to graduate students interested in carbon markets and international cooperation under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Aimed at master’s and doctoral students from Colombian universities, this program, implemented by…
In March 2025, 100 scholarships for Colombia were launched with the support of the German Embassy, GIZ Colombia and the IFC (International Finance Corporation). At the end of the year, two trainings started with professionals who will be agents of change in their organizations and the sector to promote the industry. The next calls will…
