The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) organized sub-regional forum for the climate focal points and network members from Latin America in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The event was attended by the representatives of the UNFCCC, the Green Climate Fund, the Global Environment Facility, network members from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. During two days, participants discussed technology transfer, collaboration and opportunities in the region.

El MAE solicitó asistencia al CTCN en el desarrollo de herramientas que contribuyan en el futuro con el desarrollo de un sector sostenible de biodigestores en Ecuador que permita la difusión e implementación masiva de esta tecnología para el aprovechamiento de la biomasa residual de las actividades pecuarias. Este documento corresponde a la Actividad 1: Línea base y demanda potencial de biodigestores: análisis del contexto y tipología de productores.

COMPARTE TU HISTORIA: Aún hay tiempo para presentar un caso innovador de adaptación al cambio climático de la agricultura familiar

El nuevo plazo  para la presentación de los casos es el 24 de Septiembre. 

Los premios -de hasta US$15,000- reconocerán prácticas innovadoras que hayan tenido un impacto demostrable en las cadenas agroalimentarias. 

 

With the help of the Technology Mechanism, Ecuador is planning to reduce greenhouse gases and boost energy security. The Latin American country has identified that waste-to-energy technologies such as anaerobic digesters, which converts animal waste into biogas, can play a key role in reducing emissions and bringing energy to those most in need. 

By Alister Doyle

OSLO, Nov 25 (Reuters) - With projects including solar power in Mali or energy from cow manure in Ecuador, developing nations are starting to seek green technologies through a U.N. system meant as a building block for a global deal on climate change next month.

Many developing nations want guarantees that rich countries will provide more technology, along with far more finance, to help unlock a U.N. deal to slow global warming at a Nov. 30-Dec. 11 summit in Paris.

CTCN Consortium Partner, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) in Costa Rica, participated in the field mission to Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas together with the Ecuadorian CTCN National Designated Entity (NDE) team of the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador. This visit is part in the design of the response plan for the CTCN technical assistance “Design and scale-up of climate resilient waste management and energy capture technologies in small and medium livestock farms”. 

More information about the visit (in Spanish):

Following the Paris Agreement, the Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN) and the Technology Executive Committee (TEC) emphasized a focus on enhancement of endogenous capacities and technologies, RD&D, and climate technology financing. Both arms of the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism were represented at an event on climate technologies on 19 May at the UN climate change conference in Bonn to provide an overview of technology transfer in both the policy and implementation arenas.  

El Ministro de las Secretaria de Energía, Recursos Naturales, Ambiente y Minas (MiAmbiente), José Antonio Galdames, en conferencia de prensa se mostró muy agradecido con la participación y asistencia de los Países y Agencias Latinoamericanas al primer taller Regional sobre el Fondo Verde del Clima (FVC), ya que Honduras sirve como ejemplo de experiencia en materia de medidas de adaptación y mitigación al Cambio Climático.

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is seeking a member of the CTCN Network to provide technical services in order to design scale up of climate resilient waste management and energy capture technologies in small and medium livestock farms in Ecuador.