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The best opportunity to slow the rate of near-term warming globally and in sensitive regions such as the Arctic is by cutting emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) – most notably methane, black carbon and some hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Widespread reductions, which complement the need for aggressive global action on carbon dioxide, contribute significantly to the goal of limiting warming to less than two degrees. Reducing SLCPs can also advance national priorities such as protecting air quality and public health, promoting food security, enhancing energy efficiency, and allevi...[more]
At present, Chile does not have an Ocean Policy. In this regard there is not an effective coordination within all the actions that take place in the protection, conservation and sustainable use of our ocean. This year, Chile created the Council of Ministers for the Development of Ocean Policy, it is composed of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Economy and the Minister of Environment. The main objective of this council is to propose to the President of the Republic the National Oceanic Policy, containing the set of orientations, scope, priorities, in...[more]
The IHO capacity building programme seeks to assess and advise on how countries can best meet their international obligations and serve their own best interests by providing appropriate hydrographic and nautical charting services. Such services directly support safety of navigation, safety of life at sea, efficient sea transportation and the wider use of the seas and oceans in a sustainable way, including the protection of the marine environment, coastal zone management, fishing, marine resource exploration and exploitation, maritime boundary delimitation, maritime defence and security, and o...[more]
The National Government, Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica and its Regional Council (CORE) are working on an agenda for the implementation of the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (CHBR), which includes incorporating the Diego Ramrez Islands. It proposes the creation of a Marine Protected Area that will protect representative coastal and ocean ecosystems, which are part of Chile's exclusive economic zone and are at the southern-tip of the sub-Antarctic Magellanic natural laboratory, one of the most important in the world. With the addition of Diego Ramrez Islands, a large conservation a...[more]
Chile's National Climate Change Action Plan establishes a framework for all of the nation's activities aimed at evaluating the impact, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. It seeks to respond to the imperative made clear by recent scientific evidence regarding projected climate change during the 21st century, from which our country is not exempt. It also aims to fulfill the commitment Chile made when it signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Source: The Action Plan is intended to bring together a number of public po...[more]
Colombia se compromete en la implementacin de una aproximacin integrada para la sostenibilidad de los ecosistemas marinos y costeros desde una perspectiva de crecimiento azul para la regin del Pacfico Sudeste, en el marco del proyecto SPINCAM fase 3
The main objective of this partnership is to help the reconstruction of the primary school "Republic of Chile," where 584 girls study. This is one of the few public schools in Haiti, a country in which about half of the population is illiterate. The school was severely damaged after the earthquake that struck the country in 2010, and since then girls from preschool through ninth grade were relocated to other educational establishments in Port au Prince. The new school will have a better infrastructure, based on Chilean seismic standards, to provide a safe environment for the students. It will...[more]
SCX, Santiago Climate Exchange, is the first private initiative of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, and the first to adopt the strictest criteria and methodologies for tracking the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), worldwide. The overall objective is the creation and development of a large greenhouse gas emissions reduction industry in Chile. Source: Through a clear methodology, the SCX will provide access to any individual interested in carrying out CO2 emission reduction projects, to issue carbon credits and simultaneously will allow companies to reduce their emissions throug...[more]
The partnership between various public institutions and the private sector in the Dominican Republic aims at promoting the implementation of decentralized, biomass-based energy production in industrial free zones to reduce GHG emissions, while contributing to their competitiveness. The partnership thus aims to demonstrate and promote the viability and benefits of decentralized electricity generation in the country, both for self-supply and for sales of surplus electricity to the national grid, by making optimum use of available, domestic biomass resources. The objective is countering current h...[more]
