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Colombia

New or Updated NDC

Analysis of Updated NDC
Timeframe 

2020 to 2030

Relevant context 

Colombia is a middle-income country with six natural regions and rich cultural diversity, and a climate-dependent economy. Mitigation and adaptation plans targeting the effects of climate change have the potential to facilitate peace in territories where productive land-use activities are being carried out, while also playing a key role in development, especially for rural communities.

Process for developing NDC 

This update is a product of multiple efforts and processes at the national, regional, and local level. These processes complied with the public participation requirements to the extent required by Colombian law and provided spaces to work with relevant stakeholders.

By integrating the results of these processes, the NDC serves as a hub of convergence around the Colombia's national and international climate commitments. In addition, the NDC update incorporates participation mechanisms, awareness-raising on climate change, dialogues with different groups, technical working roundtables and workshops with sectoral and territorial actors. At the territorial level, workshops were also convened by the Regional Climate Change Nodes, with participants from across Colombia who are engaged in change management activities, noting ethnic and gender diversity.

Description of Monitoring and/or Implementation Mechanism 

The update is consistent with national and local plans, such as sectoral and territorial Climate Change Plans, the Comprehensive Deforestation Control and Management Strategy (EICDGB), the Colombian Low Carbon Development Strategy (ECDBC), and the National Adaptation (PNACC), among others.

Summary of gender reference 

References to gender are present throughout the text of Colombia’s updated NDC.

A gender approach is utilized when mobilizing public participation in the country. In its discussion of its national circumstances, the document recognizes the importance of collecting differentiated information that helps describe social circumstances of different groups. In this regard, efforts are undertaken to collect sex-differentiated data, data on gender inequality that is relevant to adaptation and mitigation, and gender-differentiated data on climate impacts and vulnerabilities.

To manage climate change issues, planning, education, training and awareness are to be added to the country’s curriculum. Gender is mentioned several times in relation to the targets and goals for this objective. For example, the targets consider gender in formal education, climate change policy and strategies and the country’s education policy. Ultimately, these targets aim to incorporate a gender approach (among other improvements) in climate change and education mechanisms and strategies.

Colombia Updated NDC
Gender Analysis Summary
Submitted NDC
Yes
Submitted language
Spanish
Submitted translation
No
NDC commitments
Mitigation
Adaptation
Participatory process for NDC development mentioned
Yes
Monitoring and/or implementation
Implementation
Reference to women/gender
Yes
Gender Tags
GS
WVG
Context of gender reference
Adaptation
Mitigation

Analysis of Original NDC

Timeframe 

Between 2016 to Business‐as-Usual Scenario (BAU) by 2030

Relevant context 

Colombia is a middle-income country with six natural regions and cultural diversity, with a climate-dependent economy. Mitigation and adaptation plans targeting the effects of climate change have the potential of facilitating peace in territories where productive land-use activities are being carried-out and play a key role in development, especially for rural communities.

Process for developing NDC 

NDC was developed based on a review within the framework of the Colombian Low­‐Carbon Development Strategy, analyses were performed with high technical rigor to explore trajectories to decouple GHG emissions growth from national economic growth. Analyses included dialogues with experts from public and private entities, academia, and civil society. Workshops and bilateral meetings were held between the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development, sectoral Ministries and the National Planning Department.

Colombia views the NDC as an effort to strengthen and build adaptation and mitigation efforts by establishing plans and projects that include public and private entities, NGOs and civil society.

Description of Monitoring and/or Implementation Mechanism 

Plans to achieve the NDC include a National System of Adaptation Indicators that allows the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation and adaptation measures.

Colombia NDC
Gender Analysis Summary
Submitted NDC
Yes
Submitted language
Spanish
Submitted translation
Yes
NDC commitments
Mitigation
Adaptation
Type of support
Unconditional
Participatory process for NDC development mentioned
Yes
Monitoring and/or implementation
Monitoring
Implementation
Reference to women/gender
No

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