EUROCLIMA+ Forest, Biodiversity and Ecosystems Component

Project

Published on June 26 2020

Sustainable development
Biodiversity
Climate

Project start date: September 1 2016

Status
Ongoing
Project end date: December 12 2025
Financing amount (Euro): €11m
Country and region: The Americas, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, El Salvador
Funders: European Union
Partners: GIZ

Funded by the European Union, EUROCLIMA+ promotes environmentally sustainable and more climate-resilient development in 18 Latin American countries, in particular for the benefit of most vulnerable populations. The "Forests, Biodiversity and Ecosystems" sectoral component is implemented by Expertise France and GIZ.

In its new phase, EUROCLIMA+ provides technical and financial support to the development and implementation of climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and facilitates regional policy dialogue and climate action.

Via its partnerships, EUROCLIMA+ seeks to integrate climate change in a policy framework that can at the same time deliver economic growth, improve social equity and enhance environmental protection. EUROCLIMA+ will also support the strategies which Latin American countries have committed themselves to in the context of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.

The "Forests, Biodiversity and Ecosystems" component is one of the seven components of the programme. Implemented by Expertise France and GIZ, it has three main objectives:

Three main objectives

STRENGTHEN institutional capacities for integrating the "Forests, Biodiversity and ecosystems" approach into public policies and national and regional actions.
CAPITALIZE on demonstrative and successful experiences in sustainable forest management that can be replicated in other countries.
PROMOTE innovative projects and initiatives in the sector, in order to improve the resilience of local communities against the effects of climate change in accordance with the public policies of each country.