Overall Objective
Colombia’s green growth framework is marked by the renewed NDC commitment, the Green Growth Policy and the Deforestation Control Policy. The renewed NDC is highly ambitious, with a target set at 51% GHG emissions reductions by 2030. Colombia’s principal green growth strategy – the intersectoral, long-term green growth policy – Conpes 3934 is a long-term roadmap to stimulate an increase in productivity and economic competitiveness by 2030, while assuring sustainable use of natural capital and social inclusion. Lastly, the Deforestation Control and Sustainable Forest Management Policy (Conpes 4021) presents a long-term strategy for zero deforestation by 2030.
Under this policy framework, GGGI’s objective is to accompany the Colombian Government in results-oriented implementation and thus fulfilling its climate and sustainable development goals by 2030. Moreover, GGGI will support Colombia in the roll-out of the green post-COVID economic recovery package that capitalizes upon pillars such as the forest economy, nature-based tourism, bioeconomy and sustainable energy. As Colombia is a country of great diversity of landscapes, ethnic groups, and socio-economic conditions, GGGI’s work does not only stop with addressing the national agenda but also extends to supporting Colombia’s territories. Here, GGGI is joining subnational governments and environmental authorities to facilitate the applicability and sustainability of results from the national level to the subnational level.
Strategic Outcome Targets
| GHG Reductions | Target Setting in Progress |
|---|---|
| Green Jobs | Target Setting in Progress |
| Sustainable Services | Target Setting in Progress |
| Air Quality | Target Setting in Progress |
| Ecosystem Services | Target Setting in Progress |
| Enhanced Adaptation to Climate Change | Target Setting in Progress |
Themes
Contact
Resource Partner
The Kingdom of Norway
The United Kingdom
The Green Climate Fund
Environmental Law Institute
GGGI Core Funding
Implementation Partner
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
World Bank
Government Counterpart
National Planning Department (DNP)
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS)
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR)
Ministry of Mining and Energy (Minenergía)
Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM)
National Training Service (SENA)
Institute for Planning and Promotion of Energy Solutions for Non-Interconnected Zones (IPSE)
National Mining Agency (ANM)
Finagro
Subnational Governments of Antioquia, Guaviare, Meta and Nariño
Regional Environmental Authorities – Corpoamazonía and Corantioquia
Presidential Agency for Cooperation (APC)
RAP Pacífico
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Minciencias)
District Secretary of Environment
Key Documents
Context
Colombia recently joined the OECD as un upper middle-income country and is one of Latin America’s largest economies. Known for its macroeconomic stability, Colombia has a solid institutional and legal framework, and a sustained and manageable inflation rate that fluctuates between 3-5%. Before the coronavirus pandemic, Colombia’s 2019 monetary poverty stood at 35.7% and extreme monetary poverty at 9.6%, in a year where economic growth was 3.3%. Impossible to foresee, however, Colombia ended 2020 however with an estimated GDP growth of -7.2% compared to 2019 and estimates of monetary poverty at above 45%. In addition, COVID-19 fueled lockdowns meant that Colombia ended 2020 with an estimated GDP growth of -7.2% compared to 2019 and unemployment rate of 15.9% compared to the 10.5% in 2019. The unemployment gender gap also worsened by 27.9% by the end of 2020. Numbers from 2019 presented women’s unemployment at 13.1% vs. men’s at 6.9%, however by December 2020, women’s unemployment reached 17.9% women vs. men’s at 10.1%.
On a positive note, recent administrations have shown that Colombia is clearly committed to a green growth pathway, reinforced by its ambitious NDC renewal on December 10, 2020 to reduce 51% of emissions to BAU by 2030 – about 169 MtCO2eq. Achieving both the ambitious NDC target and recovering from the pandemic-driven economic and social blows will be no easy feat, requiring that Colombia commits to a green and inclusive economic recovery. So far, Colombia’s renewed NDC is prioritizing actions related to the energy transition, clean mobility, deforestation control, the planting of 180 million trees, PES, and ecosystem conservation (Amazon and páramo). These all align with its green recovery efforts. Additionally, the renewed NDC outlined cross cutting themes related to social inclusion such as gender mainstreaming, a fair workforce transition and an overall human rights approach.
Under this context, GGGI’s role as a trusted advisor to the Colombian government is to therefore facilitate the achievement of this NDC target through strategic policy advisory and strengthening and mobilizing finance towards green investment projects on sustainable land-use, deforestation reduction, bioeconomy, waste management, clean energy, and e-mobility approaches. GGGI’s comparative advantage is shown by its 8–year track record and presence in-country, working with GGGI staff embedded in various Colombian ministries and subnational-level government entities, to provide context-specific, tailored, green growth solutions, as well as bringing green projects to bankability.
News
News • December 7, 2021
GGGI and SENA strengthen environmental, biotechnology, and energy knowledge networks
Bogotá, Colombia; November 30, 2021 – GGGI, together with the National Learning Service – SENA, carried out the webinar ‘Green Growth for economic reactivation: opportunities from technical and technological training in Colombia’, strengthening SENA’s educational community on their knowledge of bioeconomy, forestry economy, and rural electrification under the framework of Green Growth, the 2030 Agenda, […]
News • November 29, 2021
GGGI and the Government of Guaviare celebrate Rural Women’s Day
San José del Guaviare, 2021. As part of the Norway-GGGI-Colombia Green Growth Program Phase II, GGGI and the Government of Guaviare marked International Rural Women’s Day with the second edition of the event “Guaviare Es Mujer Rural” – Guaviare for Rural Women – a space created to recognize and empower rural women by highlighting their […]
News • November 29, 2021
GGGI promotes Green Growth and Forest Economy in Antioquia
Antioquia, November 19, 2021. GGGI took part in BioExpo 2021, the essential Green Business fair in Latin America. The activities included the certification of 57 Antioquia municipalities in Green Growth, meetings with the Acting Governor of Antioquia, the Antioquia Municipal Management and certain mayors, and a conference on forest economy. These were held in the […]
News • September 10, 2021
INSCRIPCIONES ABIERTAS: POSTULA TU PROYECTO A NUESTRA PPTAF
Si tienes un proyecto que promueva el control de la deforestación, el desarrollo social inclusivo en las regiones, y que esté alineado con las políticas a nivel nacional y local, ¡esta es la oportunidad para que tu proyecto pase al siguiente nivel! Tienes hasta el 15 de octubre de 2021 para finalizar tu proceso de […]
News • August 30, 2021
Leveraging Climate Finance through Sustainable Livestock in Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia; August 2021 – Within the framework of the Norway-GGGI-Colombia Green Growth Programme Phase II, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the Earth Innovation Institute (EII) carried out the webinar “Challenges and financing opportunities for the transformation of the Colombian livestock sector”. This event aimed to present to public and private actors linked […]
News • August 11, 2021
GGGI and iNNpulsa Colombia sign MoU to strengthen the green entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem to promote the sustainable use of biodiversity and carbon neutrality
Colombia’s green entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem receives a great boost to consolidate itself as the country’s sustainable growth engine. Bogotá, August 4, 2021. GGGI and the National Government’s Business Growth Management Unit (iNNpulsa Colombia) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow them to join efforts to work with value chain actors and carry […]
News • May 4, 2021
Green and Resilient Recovery Brochure
In partnership with Members and peers, GGGI has developed a flexible model and service offering to stimulate Green and Resilient Recovery based on international best practices and insights. Click here to download WEB version. Click here to download PRINT version.
News • April 26, 2021
GGGI to work with Minenergía and IPSE to scale up rural electrification in Colombia
Bogotá, April 22, 2021. With the support of the UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions – UK PACT, GGGI launched the project that will deliver demand-driven technical assistance to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME), the Institute for Planning and Promotion of Energy Solutions for Non-Interconnected Areas (IPSE) and selected private-sector developers to advance […]
News • March 29, 2021
Convocatoria del Programa de Asistencia Técnica para Proyectos de Electrificación Rural
En el marco del programa UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions, o Alianza para Transiciones Climáticas Aceleradas), GGGI pone a disposición el Programa de Asistencia Técnica para la Estructuración de Proyectos de Electrificación Rural, ¡una gran iniciativa para impulsar los proyectos de energía renovable liderados por el sector privado! Este programa tiene el objetivo […]
News • March 24, 2021
Convocatoria MAPBIO de GGGI y MinCiencias para acelerar proyectos de bioeconomía
En el marco del programa UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions, o Alianza para Transiciones Climáticas Aceleradas), GGGI y MinCiencias ponen a disposición el Mecanismo de Aceleración de Proyectos de Bioeconomía – MAPBIO, ¡una oportunidad única para avanzar al siguiente nivel tu proyecto de bioeconomía! MAPBIO tiene el objetivo de apoyar técnicamente la viabilización […]
News • March 18, 2021
Colombia to become the 39th Member of GGGI
Seoul, March 18, 2021. On Tuesday, March 16, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Rodolfo Enrique Zea Navarro, together with the Colombian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, H.E. Juan Carlos Caiza Rosero, deposited before the president and Chair of GGGI, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and the Director General, Dr. Frank Rijsberman, the instrument […]
News • March 14, 2021
In support of the Government of Meta, Norway and GGGI strengthen their presence in the Department to continue working on deforestation control
Villavicencio, March 12, 2021. This week, GGGI celebrated the inauguration of the Villavicencio office alongside the Norwegian Ambassador to Colombia, John Petter Opdahl, the Governor of Meta, Juan Guillermo Zuluaga, Environmental Secretariat, Sergio Muñoz, and the Director of Cormacarena, Andrés García. The opening takes place within the framework of the second phase of the GGGI-Colombia-Kingdom […]
News • March 7, 2021
Convocatoria para el programa Greenpreneurs Colombia
En el marco de la segunda fase del Programa de Crecimiento Verde con el Reino de Noruega y con el objetivo de fomentar los emprendimientos verdes como alternativas de desarrollo sostenible e incluyente en las zonas de alta deforestación, GGGI pone a disposición el programa Greenpreneurs Colombia. Este programa busca brindarles a emprendedores locales que […]
News • February 3, 2021
“Me Planto por Antioquia”, a pedagogical resource to promote deforestation control
As part of the support framework with the Antioquia government under the Norway-GGGI-Colombia Green Growth Program to strengthen national institutional capacities, GGGI designed an educational and pedagogical resource called “Me Planto por Antioquia” (I stand for Antioquia) to promote deforestation control among the population of Bajo Cauca and Nordeste Antioqueño regions. The document provided the […]
News • January 18, 2021
GGGI continues to create and strenghten capacities for the structuring of public investment projects in Colombia
Bogotá, January 15, 2021. More than 40 civil servants and officials belonging to public, territorial, and national entities, private organizations and unions from the environmental sector are now certified in the GGGI-structured and Norwegian-financed course: “Good practices in project formulation and the General Royalties System (SGR)”. The virtual course was designed to create and strengthen […]
News • December 23, 2020
¡INSCRIPCIONES ABIERTAS! Facilidad de Asistencia Técnica para la Estructuración de Proyectos (PPTAF) – Segunda convocatoria
En el marco de la segunda fase del Programa de Crecimiento Verde con el Reino de Noruega y con el objetivo de movilizar recursos a proyectos que permitan un cambio en el paradigma, el control de la deforestación, el desarrollo social e inclusivo en las regiones, y que se alineen con las políticas a nivel […]
News • December 8, 2020
COVIMA: the mobile app developed by MinAmbiente, GGGI and the Kingdom of Norway to tackle illegal timber trade in Colombia
Bogotá, December 7, 2020 – A new digital solution to support the control and surveillance of timber by state entities was officially launched in a virtual kick-off event with the Ministry Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS), the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and Norway. As a commitment of the Colombian Environmental Information System (SIAC for […]
News • December 8, 2020
GGGI and the Kingdom of Norway support territorial entities in the southern Colombian Amazon to achieve environmental sustainability criteria and territorial resilience
Mocoa, December 7, 2020 – The Corporation for the Sustainable Development of the Southern Amazon (CORPOAMAZONIA) with support from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS), the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and the Royal Embassy of Norway, held the virtual event, The Environmental Component in Land Management and Planning Instruments of the Southern […]
News • December 2, 2020
Conversation on bioeconomy as a mechanism to reactivate Colombia’s economy
Bogotá, December 1, 2020. GGGI Colombia’s Country Representative Carolina Jaramillo moderated a discussion on bioeconomy as a mechanism for economic reactivation for the 7th Climate Finance Event 2020, organized by Colombia’s National Planning Department. A dialogue was held on lessons learned in Bioeconomy from Colombia and the United Kingdom from the perspectives of the private […]
News • November 12, 2020
GGGI supports Nariño’s Comprehensive Plan for Climate Change Management
San Juan de Pasto, November 10, 2020. With GGGI’s support, the Nariño Government’s Secretary of the Environment and Sustainable Development presented their Comprehensive Plan for Territorial Climate Change Management – or PIGCCT – via the virtual event “Nariño acts on climate change 2019 -2035”. More than 10,000 people contributed to the creation of this document, […]
Projects
CO05
Thematic Areas
Countries
CO05 Second phase of GGGI/Norway’s joint green growth program with the Government of Colombia
| Start Date | Q1 1 January 2020 |
|---|---|
| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 7 |
| Status | Active |
| Thematic Area |
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CO10
Thematic Areas
Countries
CO10 Scaling up rural electrification via capacity building to public and private actors
| Start Date | Q1 24 February 2021 |
|---|---|
| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 626 |
| Status | Active |
| Thematic Area |
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CO12
Thematic Areas
Countries
CO12 Accelerating development of new bioeconomy businesses and enhanced capacities for green jobs promotion and increased climate action ambition from policy implementation and integration
| Start Date | Q1 24 February 2021 |
|---|---|
| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 569 |
| Status | Active |
| Thematic Area |
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CO13
Thematic Areas
Countries
CO13 National Post Coal Green Jobs Strategy
| Start Date | Q1 1 February 2021 |
|---|---|
| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 50 |
| Status | Active |
| Thematic Area |
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CO07
Thematic Areas
Countries
CO07 Direct Access Entity Support and Sustainable AFOLU Pipeline Development in Colombia
| Start Date | Q4 23 November 2020 |
|---|---|
| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 377,822 |
| Status | Active |
| Thematic Area |
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CO06
Thematic Areas
Countries
CO06 Transforming Illegal Logging in Colombia through Judicial Education
| Start Date | Q1 11 February 2020 |
|---|---|
| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 181 |
| Status | Active |
| Thematic Area |
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Thematic Areas
Countries
Project Reference Profiles – Colombia (CO04) Green growth governance – Scaling up Green Growth Policy implementation and investments via capacity building
| Start Date | Q2 20190615 |
|---|---|
| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 178,780 |
| Status | Active |
| Thematic Area |
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Thematic Areas
Countries
Project Reference Profiles – Colombia(CO2) Green growth governance – GGGI Green Growth Project (2017-2019)
| Start Date | Q2 20170724 |
|---|---|
| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 1,480,129 |
| Status | Complete |
| Thematic Area |
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Thematic Areas
Countries
REDD+ Financial Mechanism Colombia
| Start Date | Q4 2015 |
|---|---|
| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 0 |
| Status | Active |
| Thematic Area |
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Thematic Areas
Countries
Policy and investment development to advance Colombia´s Long-Term Green Growth Objectives
| Start Date | Q1 2017 |
|---|---|
| Funding Source | |
| Actual Budget (USD) | 1,456,000 |
| Status | Active |
| Thematic Area |
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