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 The OECD Latin America and Caribbean Regional Programme (LACRP) carried out its 3rd Regional Policy Dialogue on Environmental Sustainability, under the theme “Addressing Climate Change Adaptation in LAC”. The event took place on the 9^th and 10^th March 2023, from 15:00 – 18:30 CET. The meeting was held as a virtual event.

The Enhancing Green Transition in LAC: From commitments to action project was launched in the context of the new Environmental Sustainability Priority of the LACRP with the support of the European Union. It focuses on supporting the region with evidence-based analysis to address the challenges and opportunities of the Green Transition, as well as identifying policies needed to maximise the potential of this transition for greater well-being.

LAC countries have repeatedly identified climate change adaptation as a key policy priority for the region, as LAC remains one for the top disaster-prone regions in the world, with a high negative impact of climate change and natural hazards to vulnerable and other communities. This Regional Policy Dialogue was an opportunity to:

• Identify and better understand which actions and mechanisms could be adopted, mainstreamed and implemented in the region to strengthen its adaptation capacity to climate change including those related to nature-based solutions;
• Discuss how to best support regional prevention and preparedness actions, including through monitoring and forecasting extreme weather events, and setting early warning systems;
• Exchange on financing climate adaptation responses and prevention measures, as well as on the promotion of relevant investment instruments;
• Propose ways to integrate gender equality considerations in climate change adaptation actions.

Meeting documents

• Agenda and Concept Note
• Meeting presentations

Meeting Replay videos

Day 1: Climate change adaptation	Day 2: Thematic approaches to climate change

 

Background

The Enhancing Green Transition in LAC: From commitments to action project was launched in the context of the new Environmental Sustainability Priority of the LACRP with the support of the European Union. It focuses on supporting the LAC region with evidence-based analysis to address the challenges and opportunities of the Green Transition, as well as identifying policies needed to maximise the potential of this transition for greater well-being.

• For further information, please contact:
  • Dimitra XYNOU (Dimitra.XYNOU@oecd.org).