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The invitation to present event proposals in the EUROCLIMA + Pavilion is open. Deadline: September 17, 2021.
August 20, 2021. Brussels, Belgium. The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) will take place from October 31 to November 12 in Glasgow, UK. EUROCLIMA+, European Union’s regional cooperation program on Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean will participate with a Pavilion in the Blue Zone at the COP 26.

The COVID-19 crisis has hit Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) harder than any other region in the world, largely because of its pre-existing economic and social weaknesses. As LAC countries chart their paths to recovery, how can development models evolve to break the vicious circles that held them back even before the crisis struck? And since national responses alone are not enough to overcome a crisis of global scale, what new international partnerships can support a long-term recovery?

Source: AECID
The Spanish Cooperation Training Center in La Antigua (CFCE Antigua) together with the Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (CIEMAT) invite you to participate in the virtual course "Positive Energy Districts and their adaptation to climate change conditions", which will take place from September 20 to October 1, 2021.

Shifting just 1% of total global financial assets – estimated at EUR 352 trillion, 2.5 annually – could bridge the existing financing gap needed for delivering the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 16:00 to 17:15

We are hosting two virtual stands, one with the EUROCLIMA+ programme and the other with our partner the Inter-American Development Bank. You can join us by chatting, booking meetings, or sending us emails. We will also be showcasing our latest publications.
VIRTUAL STAND: EUROCLIMA+, LAIF and CIF promoting climate action and green investments for a sustainable future in Latin America and the Caribbean
(Live link: https://eudevdays.live/global-village/1FzcHrVjaO2I1VUVgVw99C)

Fuente: Cerro DOMINADOR, Comunicaciones y Comercialización
The first concentrated solar power plant in Latin America was inaugurated in Chile, which will supply more than 380,000 homes with 100% clean and renewable energy. The Cerro Dominador project is the first combined solar thermal and photovoltaic system in Latin America that will contribute significantly to the mitigation of climate change, preventing the emission of 870 thousand

UNEP FI, Sustainability Academy, an initiative of eco.business Fund Development Facility, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), CAF – Latin American Development Bank, and FINRESP are organizing a Series of Webinars on “Ecosystems and Sustainable Finance in Spain and Latin America” on 28/04, 12/05, 26/05 and 09/06. This effort is carried out in collaboration with the Public-Private Working Group on Green Finance of Chile, the Sustainable Finance Working Group (MFS) of Paraguay, the Sustainable Finance Working Group of Panama, the Sustainable Finance Working Group (MFS) of Bolivia , the Sustainable Finance Initiative

© Cerro Dominador
One of the great milestones of 2020 is the completion of the 250-meter-high tower of the solar thermal plant of the Cerro Dominador complex.
This great project, started in 2014, has been co-financed by the European Union, through LAIF, and KfW, as part of the Chilean Solar Energy Program, which seeks to support the Government of Chile in its goal of achieving that, by 2025, 20% of the electricity produced comes from clean energy sources.

Source: eco.business Fund
The eco.business Fund Development Facility officially launched its Sustainability Academy designed to build capacity on environmental and social best practices for partner institutions and end borrowers and increase uptake of sustainable practices. Due to the global pandemic the world finds itself in, the Sustainability Academy was launched virtually through a training webinar conducted with partner institution Banco Hipotecario for its clients in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors to explore business opportunities arising from the COVID19 crisis.

Source: eco.business Fund
The eco.business Fund Development Facility, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), has successfully launched a tailor-made webinar series on the U.N. “Principles for Responsible Banking.” More than 80 bank representatives from Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Central America participated in the first webinar of the series to learn about concrete methods for integrating this framework into local financing practices.