The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy held a signing ceremony on March 21 in Mendoza, Argentina, as part of the III Ibero-American Forum of Mayors, organized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the City of Mendoza. This forum serves as preparation for the Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors of…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have launched an online course to support building climate resilience in agriculture. The course materials, based on content presented during COP 23, cover a range of topics including food…
In an article published on the SDG Knowledge Hub platform, Quebec’s Envoy for Climate Change Affairs, Jean Lemire, emphasizes the importance of international cooperation in combating climate change and illustrates how the Quebec government collaborates with regions in other countries in this effort. International cooperation for the environment can bring together different perspectives that, when…
Colombia, Peru, and Chile have hosted meetings with the GCoM to coordinate national actions among their partners. Earlier this month (February 2), the first meeting of Colombia’s National Advisory Committee took place at the European Union (EU) Delegation headquarters in Bogotá. The Committee had been formed previously. Representatives from the GCoM Latin America Secretariat, ICLEI,…
The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency will host an online seminar titled “Think Globally, Act Locally – Energy Efficiency Actions in Argentina and Rosario” on March 8th. The seminar will focus on energy efficiency issues at various levels of government, with a particular emphasis on the city of Rosario: The Argentine Network of Municipalities Facing…
The Latin American Secretariat of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy invites organizations interested in becoming National Facilitators to submit their Expressions of Interest. National Facilitators in each country work to support the GCoM signatory municipalities in achieving their greenhouse gas reduction goals and mitigating climate vulnerabilities. The alliance aims to have…
Representatives from the governments of more than one hundred localities in Argentina met on February 8 in Rosario for the Assembly of Mayors of the Argentine Network of Municipalities Facing Climate Change (RAMCC). The meeting marks the beginning of the Network’s activities for 2018, establishing actions to be carried out and reviewing what happened in…
The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) has opened a public call to identify potential consultants interested in conducting climate diagnostic studies in cities of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The CAF Directorate of Environment and Climate Change will carry out these analysis studies throughout 2018 and is seeking to identify potential participants…
The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in Latin America (GCoM-LAC) was launched in Chile during the third Forum of Mayors on Climate Change Chile 2017, organized by the Chilean Network of Municipalities on Climate Change and Adapt-Chile. The event occurred on November 30 in Santiago, where the National Steering Committee of the…
On Tuesday, November 28, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in Latin America (GCoM-LAC) held the “Climate Coffee” event as part of the 72nd General Meeting of the National Front of Mayors (FNP) and the 12th Meeting of the Forum of Environment Secretaries of Brazilian Capitals (CB27). The meeting discussed the participation…