NDC Policy Programme

Project description:

Colombia is pursuing its green growth strategy as a set of principles for achieving low-carbon, climate-resilient development and a point of orientation for its NDC. These NDC aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent until 2030 and increasing adaptation to the impacts of climate change. The project supported the coordination of relevant measures by the Ministry of the Environment, and key public and private sector actors. The project also helped its partners integrate mitigation and adaptation measures into agricultural value creation processes, while helping to improve institutional structures for the implementation of the NDC at the national and subnational level, and contributed to the expansion of the monitoring system. The work of the project not only contributed to the country’s development strategy but also supported the peace process in Colombia. Project insights were used as input for international forums and supported efforts to make the NDCs more ambitious.

Execution status/results:

236 local farmers from the meat, dairy, and corn production sectors, including 64 women, received training in climate resilience in agriculture in the pilot regions of Córdoba and Sucre.
65 journalists and communicators from across the country have strengthened their climate change communication skills through a diploma course.
50 farmers from the pilot projects in Córdoba and Sucre on dairy, beef, and corn have introduced new practices and agricultural systems as a result of their work with the project.
At COP26 in Glasgow, representatives from MinAmbiente, MinAgricultura, DNP, and the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) presented the experiences gained from the Colombian NDC process through the project at three side events. The topics covered included climate finance, the national climate monitoring system, and climate adaptation or mitigation in value chains.
The Colombian-German podcast “From Green Recovery to Peace”, a joint project of the environmental ministries of both countries, has published five episodes in Spanish on different thematic approaches (see podcast links).
Since 2021, the project has supported Colombia in implementing the measures outlined in the NDC, for example, by developing the NDC Implementation Plan for Adaptation, strengthening agroclimatic technical working groups, and establishing a local climate monitoring system to measure contributions to the GHG mitigation target in the livestock sector.
The project supported Colombia in 2020 in updating its NDC, which includes a significant increase in ambition. At the core of this enhanced ambition is a planned 51% reduction in GHG emissions compared to the business-as-usual scenario, effectively doubling the target set in the first NDC.
On 24.02.2022, in collaboration with the newspaper El Tiempo, a Twitter Live Space was held with Environment Minister Correa to discuss the new climate law.
As part of Colombian Journalism Day, an online seminar on environmental journalism and climate change was held on 05.02.2022 in collaboration with Uniminuto radio.