As part of the SolNatura project, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of the Environment (BMUV) through the International Climate Protection Initiative (IKI), the call for proposals is now open to co-finance 24 Nature-based Solutions (NBS) projects in the departments of Córdoba, Huila and Santander. These projects seek not only to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
Learn more about this constructive and participatory process to include the proposals of women in their diversity for the update of Colombia’s Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP). Resources: Summary Document: Integration of the Gender Approach in the update of Colombia’s Biodiversity Action Plan – Regional dialogues with rural women leaders. Summary infographics: Infographics with key information…
Colombia moves forward in the fight against climate change and biodiversity protection with “Monitoring in Action”, a series of 3 participatory inter-institutional dialogues to prioritize actions that contribute to improving monitoring systems through international cooperation processes. These workshops, held in September 2024, brought together representatives from government entities such as the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology…
On July 25, 2024, the 5th Annual IKI Colombia Interface Event was held, attended by more than 85 people, including 24 IKI projects and 18 different implementing organizations from Colombia, as well as representatives of the German and Colombian governments. The main objectives of the event were: Event dynamics The workshop was divided into…
Within the framework of the IKI Cafecito, the Interface project facilitates dialogue between IKI projects implemented in Colombia, focusing on a specific topic of interest to strengthen the exchange within the network. The most recent IKI Cafecito, entitled ‘On our way to COP 30: Linkages between climate change and biodiversity’, took place on July 26,…
In a key event for environmental conservation in Colombia, more than 80 young people, children, and adolescents convened in Bogotá on September 21 2024, for the Convergence of Children, Adolescents, and Youth for Biodiversity. This meeting, organized by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development in collaboration with the German Cooperation through the IKI Interface project implemented…
Between September 11 and 12, 2024, the LAC H2 Summit Cartagena 2024 was held. The main objective of this important event was to promote business development in the hydrogen sector, bringing together the main players of the global industry. The meeting sought to take advantage of the great potential of Latin America and the Caribbean…
If you have a project focused on Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) located in Córdoba, Huila or Santander (Colombia) and are looking for funding, you are invited to participate in a key event during COP 16 in Cali, Colombia. In the framework of the IKI project ‘Promoting Nature-Based Solutions for resilient, low carbon and biodiverse territorial development’…
The inauguration of the first H2-diplo office in the region took place on 5 June in Bogotá in the framework of the 1st German-Colombian Symposium on Green Hydrogen and Decarbonisation. The H2-diplo programme is financed by the Federal Foreign Office (AA) with funds from the International Climate Initiative (IKI) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft…
In the framework of the Program “Supporting Readiness for Cooperation under Article 6 (SPAR6C)”, funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Government of Germany to support Colombia in the development of its institutional, regulatory and technical framework for Article 6 (A6) transactions under the Paris Agreement, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) published…
