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 • May 31, 2023
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News • March 27, 2023
Convocatoria MAPBIO 3.0 de GGGI, Minciencias e iNNpulsa para acelerar proyectos de bioeconomía
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News • March 27, 2023
Lanzan convocatoria MAPBIO 3.0 que fortalece la bioeconomía colombiana
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News • February 9, 2023
Alliance to promote green growth and bioeconomy in Colombia
The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Arturo Luna, and the Deputy Director-General at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Helena McLeod, signed a Memorandum of Understanding consolidating their alliance on bioeconomy and green growth issues for the country’s regions. The goal is to contribute to building sustainable territories with a view to Environmental Justice, […]
News • November 28, 2022
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News • November 9, 2022
Convención Internacional Emergencia Climática en Antioquia
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News • August 24, 2022
ELI and GGGI promote deforestation control in Colombia through Judicial Education
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News • July 29, 2022
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News • July 29, 2022
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News • February 28, 2022
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News • January 25, 2022
GGGI and Norway join the second phase of the Legal Timber Pact in Colombia
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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
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News • November 29, 2021
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News • September 10, 2021
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News • August 30, 2021
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News • August 11, 2021
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News • May 4, 2021
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News • April 26, 2021
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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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