This report is one of the main outputs of the OECD project on Enhancing Green Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean: From Commitments to Action. It offers governments in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region recommendations on key policy priorities to advance towards climate resilience and neutrality. The report is not a comprehensive analysis of all existing climate action and related opportunities and challenges across the LAC region, but rather a selection of those that emerged during a series of Regional Policy Dialogues, Expert Workshops and exchanges organised between OECD and LAC country experts over the period of 2022 and 2023. Furthermore, the findings in the report also leverage knowledge-based analysis by OECD and other international organisations on the various topics.
The report was prepared in the context of the OECD Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Programme (LACRP), which supports the LAC region in advancing its reform agenda on key priority areas, such as increasing productivity, enhancing social inclusion and strengthening institutions and governance. In 2022, the LACRP incorporated a new priority on Environmental Sustainability. The report provides a list of 40 key policy recommendations, in the form of an Action Plan, intended to support LAC countries in achieving climate resilience and neutrality, while also integrating environmental sustainability considerations in the other priority areas of the LACRP.
This report represents a collaborative effort between the OECD Environment Directorate (ENV) and the Global Relations and Co-operation Directorate (GRC), under the leadership of Rodolfo Lacy, former Director for Climate Action and Environment for Latin America and Special Envoy to the United Nations. The report was drafted by Dimitra Xynou (Chapters 1 and 2) and Sergio Ampudia (Chapters 3 and 4) of ENV. Eija Kiiskinen (ENV) provided overall guidance and managed the project, overseen by José Antonio Ardavin (GRC).
The preparation of this report, as well as the Regional Policy Dialogues and Expert Workshops that were organised during the drafting process, benefited from the contributions and valuable comments of Aimée Aguilar Jaber, Geraldine Ang, Olof Bystorm, Miguel Cárdenas Rodriguez, Amy Cano Prentice, Joseph Cordonnier, Jane Ellis, Chiara Falduto, Catherine Gamper, Nathalie Girouard, Douglas Herrick, Raphaël Jachnik, Katia Karousakis, Lylah Davies, Nicolina Lamhauge, Xavier Leflaive, Mikael Maes, Florian Mante, Virginie Marchal, Sarah Miet, Mariana Mirabile, Michael Mullan, Daniel Naghtigall, Rodrigo Pizarro, Coline Pouille, Elia Trippel, Klas Wetterberg, Shunta Yamaguchi and Pinhas Zamorano from ENV; Jorge Carbonell and William Thompson (GRC); Peter Haxton, Eva Katzer and Jane Stacey (CFE); Jens Sedemund (DCD); Jonas Teusch and Elena Vidal (ECO); Diana Toledo Figueroa (EDU); and Federico Bonaglia, Luis Cecchi, Olivia Cuq, Juan Larrain and Sebastian Nieto Parra (DEV). Valuable administrative support was provided by Deborah Holmes (ENV). Sofia Blamey, Charlotte Dubald, Daniela Sena and Julie Whitelock (GRC) provided organisational and co-ordination support during the preparatory process. Beth Del Bourgo, Ria Sandilands, Stephanie Simonin-Edwards, Dominique Haleva and Lupita Johanson (ENV) provided publication production support.
Special thanks go to the participants of the Regional Policy Dialogues and Expert Workshops. Their presentations and interventions provided valuable inputs that were later integrated in the report. OECD and LAC members of the LACRP Steering Group that reviewed the Action Plan - an integral part of the report - provided insightful comments and deserve a particular mention. The Action Plan has also benefited from the inputs and comments of the following partner institutions: the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). We appreciate the involvement of Business at OECD (BIAC) and the Trade Union’s Advisory Council (TUAC), which also discussed the Action Plan within their communities, providing relevant insights. The Action Plan aims to support countries from LAC in the design and implementation of national strategies for a comprehensive inclusive, sustainable and resilient growth agenda. It does not necessarily reflect the views of any of these institutions.
The report has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union Facility for Development in Transition. The views herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official position of the European Union nor its Member States.