{"id":782,"date":"2023-03-16T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pactodealcaldes-la.org\/ciudadesemblematicas\/?p=782"},"modified":"2024-01-25T12:08:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:08:42","slug":"pact-in-action-progress-in-costa-ricas-national-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pactodealcaldes-la.org\/ciudadesemblematicas\/language\/en\/pact-in-action-progress-in-costa-ricas-national-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pact in Action: Progress in Costa Rica’s National Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00abCosta Rica, March 16, 2023 \u2013 The Municipal Environmental Management Congress ‘Climate Action’ brought together representatives from the municipal regime and academia in Costa Rica on March 10, 2023, to discuss local climate action and activities to be carried out within the framework of the National Strategy of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM). This dynamic is unique in Latin America and allows for a structured and long-term vision advancement in the country.<\/p>\n

The GCoM expert, Rebecca Borges, explained that in addition to representing an important collaborative development and validation process among various national and sub-national actors, the working strategy for Costa Rica structures its activities in a way that achieves a powerful local result. \u00abIt is dedicated to scaling progress in local climate action and, therefore, expanding climate diplomacy supported by the European Union through the GCoM Americas. In this Congress, we celebrate this vision of the Costa Rican Strategy and the start of its activities,\u00bb she declared.<\/p>\n

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The GCoM initiative in Costa Rica has been promoted towards expanding the expected impacts in the current National Strategy.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00abThe Cooperation Officer of the European Union Delegation in Costa Rica, Nazareth Porras, highlighted the importance of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy as the main instrument of the European Union for cities to address the effects of climate change. She also emphasized that the European Union is convinced that climate action is increasingly urgent, and events like this Congress are essential to bring together key actors in the development of territories and communities.\u00bb<\/p>\n

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\u00abIn continuity with the first phase of support for the implementation of the Pact in the country, in which very interesting products were generated, we trust that the current National Strategy and the subsequent activities of the Pact in the country will continue to be useful for municipalities and the institutions involved,\u00bb highlighted Porras.<\/p>\n

The Congress was an initiative of the National Union of Local Governments (UNGL) in conjunction with the National University of Costa Rica (UNA) and included topics such as sustainable mobility, comprehensive waste management, and environmental sustainability in collaboration with indigenous peoples, among others.<\/p>\n

\u00abWe celebrate this grand event that you have organized, where the National University practically offers you a space for open dialogue among local governments, with the key actors in the development of territories, regions, and communities,\u00bb emphasized the Vice Rector of UNA, Martin Parada G\u00f3mes, during his speech.<\/p>\n