The UNFCCC secretariat has establish a RCC for Latin America based in Panama City that is hosted by UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The centre provides support to countries in Latin America to help them with the implementation of the Paris Agreement while continuing to focus on work related to sustainable development through the CDM.
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October 2, 2020 - Exclusive Interview with Assembly woman H.E. Ana Belén Marín of the National Assembly of Ecuador, President of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network on Climate Change
October 2, 2020 - Assembly woman H.E. Ana Belén Marín of the National Assembly of Ecuador, president of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network on Climate Change, talks about the important role that regional collaboration can play to improve momentum for climate action and how RCC Panama is essential to the achievement of these objectives in the region. Read more>>
October 2020, Panama City, Panama - Exclusive Interview with the Minister of Environment of Panama
His Excellency Mr. Milciades Concepción, the Minister of Environment of Panama shares his perspective on the important role that regional collaboration can play in enhancing momentum for climate action. Read more>>
21 to 25 September - Shared visions and experiences on financial instruments for a prospering post-pandemic future at Climate and Sustainable Financing Week for Latin America and the Caribbean
How can we ensure that all financing flows are consistent with a low-carbon and climate-resilient development? More specifically, what measures can be taken to ensure a transformative, just and sustainable economic recovery post-pandemic? Read more>>
16 September - Best practices in integrating gender into national climate actions; Virtual workshop explores best practices from America and the Caribbean
Over 300 participants from 35 countries registered for the third regional workshop on integrating gender into national climate actions, held online on 16 September 2020. Read more>>
July 2020 - New Alliance of Voluntary GHG Management Programs Ready to Promote Private Sector Involvement
Countries in Latin America are taking measures to incentivize carbon neutrality to achieve their goals set out in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This includes carbon neutrality and footprint platforms as well as carbon pricing instruments. One of the interesting aspects of these platforms is their ability to involve the private sector and thus increase climate ambition. Read more>>
23 to 25 June and 07 to 09 July 2020 - Virtual Trainings on ETF Readiness: Applying the Katowice Guidance on ICTU and Adaptation to NDCs in Latin America
More than 90 representatives of 15 Latin American countries joined the training on capacity building on NDC preparation applying the Katowice guidance on ICTU during two virtual workshops which took place from 23 to 25 June and 7 to 9 July (Both in Spanish language) organized by the Transparency division, NDC Partnership, United Nations Environment Programme and RCC Panama Read more>>
9 June 2020 - Panama Launches New Programme Towards Implementing its NDC
Panama’s Regional Collaboration Centre (RCC), which supports national climate action, has reached an important milestone with the launch of a new national carbon footprint programme by the Government of Panama branded “Sustainable Panama: Reduce Your Footprint”. Read more>>
March 2020, Panama City, Panama - CDM projects are supported through Carbon Neutrality initiatives in Latin America Region
The RCC Panama in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment of Panama (MiAMBIENTE) the National Cleaner Production Center Panama (CNPML), the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and with the support from the Ministry of Environment and Energy Costa Rica (MINAE) and the Colombian Association of Carbon Market Actors (ASOCARBONO) organized the informative CDM dialogue “Status of the carbon market in the Latin-American region” with the objective to discuss the actions that others countries are implementing to incentivize carbon neutrality with an emphasis on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), in addition to learn about the status of CDM projects in Panama, latest decisions adopted by the CDM Executive Board and expectations from COP26. Full report is available in English and Spanish.
December 2019, Colombia - Colombia Led the CDM in Latin America in 2019
Nearly two million CERs were issued, generating an income of more than USD 10 million for the projects. Read more>>
December 2019, Madrid, Spain - The Journey to enhanced Collaboration with ParlAmericas was Sealed with The Signing of an MoU
The role of parliament is crucial to the implementation of the Paris Agreement. At COP 25, H.E. Ana Belén Marín (President of the Parliamentary Network of Climate Change) and James Grabert (SDM Director) formalized the cooperation between ParlAmericas and the UNFCCC. Marín: “articulated work will allow us to continue advancing on the climate agenda so as not to leave anyone behind”. Read more>>
18 October 2019, Panama City, Panama - Official Launch of 3rd Youth Leadership Academy on Climate Change
The Ministry of Environment of Panama (MiAMBIENTE) organized a session to inform the recently activities and achievements of the “Panama Climate Change Youth Network” (Spanish “Red de Jóvenes frente al Cambio Climático de Panamá) “RJCCP” and also to announce the official launch of the 3rd Academy of Climate Change Youth Academy expected to take place on March 2020 and which will help strengthen the Network’s structure. Read more>>
2 October 2019, Panama City, Panama - XIV edition of the International Sustainability Symposium
The Regional Collaboration Center of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (RCC Panama) received the cordial invitation from the Panama Industrial Union (SIP) to participate in the XIV edition of the International Sustainability Symposium. RCC Panama organized session 3 under the theme, “How do we achieve decarbonization of the economy?”.
The symposium was organized by Industrial Union of Panama and the Ministry of Environment of Panama (MiAmbiente) and took place in Hotel RIU Plaza, this year the main theme was “Sustainable consumption and production, circular economy”.
During panel 3, it was highlighted that the Paris Agreement provides the necessary tools to boost a decarbonized economy through mitigation, adaptation and financing actions. For countries to make a decision focused on decarbonization, it is essential that there is no barrier between the public and private sectors, so that emission reduction strategies that seek to address climate change are achieved within the established time frame.
Some of the areas that show progress in actions towards economy decarbonization in the region are renewable energy, energy efficiency, electric mobility, the calculation of carbon footprint in industry and eco-labeling. Even the circular economy is a climatic action that reduces the carbon and water footprint. For the Ministry of Environment of Panama, carbon neutrality requires additional commitment from all sectors but the efforts are being made to achieve it, for example on the accounting of emissions from the economic sectors at the National Inventory of Greenhouse Gases.
Full report is available in Spanish and English.
4 to 5 September 2019, Panama - First regional workshop on a renewable energy roadmap for Central America
This first regional workshop on a renewable energy roadmap for Central America, organized by IRENA together with the National Energy Secretariat (SNE) from Panama, provided countries the opportunity to harmonize existing work on the energy transition renewables in the region. The rapid transition to clean energy in Central America is crucial and aligned to the central goal of the Paris Agreement and represented an excellent opportunity to rapidly deploy clean, renewable energy in the region. Read more>>
8 to 9 August 2019, Suriname - 4th Gathering of the Parliamentary Network on Climate Change
The 4th Gathering of the Parliamentary Network on Climate Change was organized by ParlaAmericas and served as an opportunity for Parliamentarians to dialogue on concrete and effective legislative solutions to meet the urgency of climate change and contribute to the implementation of the Paris Agreement in line with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, including how parliaments can support the management and supervision of the carbon market and non-market mechanisms in their respective countries. Read more>>
2019, Fortaleza, Brazil - Green economy Solutions for the Americas Regional collaboration, enhanced ambition key to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement
Climate change is the defining challenge of our time, and it is accelerating faster than our efforts to address it.
The good news is that the global community is working towards meeting the challenge. We are already seeing climate action from almost all sectors with respect to new investments in green technology, green transportation, green infrastructure and more. While that progress has been remarkable, it’s only a fraction of what’s needed. A clear priority for many developed and developing economies is the need for innovation, productivity, and secure jobs. Green economy offers vast opportunities in eradicating poverty as well as combating Climate Change and sustaining economic growth, which is of particular concern for the countries in the Global South, as well as enhancing social inclusion, improving human welfare, creating opportunities for employment and decent work for all, while maintaining the healthy functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems. Read more>>
21 to 22 May 2019, Dominican Republic - Energy transition for Caribbean countries
“The Congress on Energy Transition and Climate Change in the Caribbean”, attended by more than 700 representatives of the public and private sector from the Caribbean and Latin-American region, had the objective to raise awareness to public and private institutions on the benefits and experiences in the development of renewable energies and the relationship between the generation of energy and climate change. Read more>>
13 to 17 May 2019, Panama, Los Santos Province - Second edition of the Youth Leadership Academy on Climate Change, to strengthen the network of young people against climate change in Panama
The second edition of the Youth Leadership Academy on Climate Change in Panama was held in Los Santos Province, with the objective to develop the capacities of youth leaders at the national level for the established of the Panama Climate Change Youth Network. Read more>>
May 2019, Panama - Launch of collaboration platform for UN agencies in Latin America RCC Panama instrumental in the establishment of the “climate collaboration platform”
In response to a request from some of the UN Agencies based in Panama for more coordination and more centralized access to information on the outcome of the COPs, RCC Panama launched a collaboration platform with a focus on climate change information in Latin America for UN agencies in the region. Read more>>
4 December 2018, Katowice, Poland - Huella Chile: joining forces with Climate Neutral Now and carbon neutrality initiatives from Peru and Costa Rica
Amongst many events taking place at COP 24, Global Climate Action (GCA) hosted a lively event organized by the Ministry of Environment of Chile and its Carbon Neutrality Initiative - Huella Chile.
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26 - 27 November 2018, Panama City - International cooperation for the implementation of a voluntary national registry of greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation and carbon-pricing instruments
RCC Panama in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment (in Spanish, "MiAMBIENTE") organized the first national workshop for the implementation of a voluntary national registry of GHG emissions and mitigation actions under the the Collaborative Instruments for Ambitious Climate Action initiative ( “CIACA”) which is being implemented through the RCCs with the purpose to support countries in the identification and adoption of carbon pricing instruments, for Latin-American and Caribbean region, the RCCs St Georges and Panama are supporting Dominican Republic and Panama. Read more>>
26 October 2018, Panama City - UN Climate Change participates in the first NAP Regional Expo at the first NAP Regional Expo in Latin America
The first Exhibition on National Adaptation Plans in Latin America (NAP Regional Expo) which was held in Panama City, addressed the latest advances in the region to increase resilience and capacities for climate change. Read more, Spanish>>
4 to 5 October 2018, Panama City - Parliamentarians from the Americas and the Caribbean promote effective climate actions
On October 4-5, 2018, parliamentarians representing 21 countries and autonomous territories of the Americas and the Caribbean met in Panama City, Panama, for the 3rd Gathering of the Parliamentary Network on Climate Change. The network, with the support of RCC Panamá, prepared a submission to the Talanoa Dialogue to promote parliaments’ role in advancing climate agendas comprised of effective and ambitious actions. Read more>>
24 to 27 July 2018, Panama - Regional hands-on training workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean region
The Consultative Group of Experts (CGE) conducted a hands-on training workshop for the Latin America and the Caribbean region on the preparation and reporting of mitigation actions in national communications (NCs) and biennial update reports (BURs) at the Wyndham Albrook Hotel, Panama City, Panama, from 24 to 27 July 2018.
In total, the workshop was attended by 49 experts from 20 countries in the region, as well as representatives of UN agencies and CAF in Panama. The event was conducted in close collaboration with MiAmbiente, UNDP Regional Centre in Panama and the Regional Collaboration Centre Panama (UNFCCC - CAF Development Bank of Latin America). Read more>>
9 April, 2018 - RCC Panama celebrates its first anniversary
CAF and UNFCCC staff celebrating the first anniversary of the RCC Panama. Read more>>
1 February 2018 - Strengthening collaboration with UNDP Panama for 2018
An important meeting took place between UNDP Panama and representatives of the Regional Collaboration Centre (RCC) Panama. Read more>>
19 and 20 September 2017 - Strengthening of energy efficiency policies in the transport sector
The "Low Emission Development Strategy Latin American and Caribbean Platform (LEDsLAC)", the "World Resources Institute (WRI)", and the Regional Collaboration Center UNFCCC-CAF development bank of Latin-America ("RCC Panama"), organized the Expert Workshop "Strengthening energy efficiency policies in the transport sector", which took place September 19 and 20 in the city of Lima, Peru, with the financial support of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IBD). Read more>>
31 March 2017 - Promoting climate action on the ground in Latin America - Regional Collaboration Centre established in Panama City
The Regional Collaboration Centre in Panama City, to be operated by the UNFCCC secretariat in partnership with CAF, opened today. The centre will strengthen support given to countries in Latin America to help them with the implementation of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and has moved to Panama City from its previous location in Bogotá. Read more >>
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