This testimony presents the main results of the technical assistance provided to the Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME) of Colombia as part of the support of the GCAP Climate Action Accelerator, the Regional Platform for Low Emission and Development Strategies (LEDS LAC), the Bioenergy Community of Practice of the Platform and the Sustentar Partnership Technical Assistance Accelerator.

The Climate Action Accelerator is a service offered by the LEDS LAC Platform that provides rapid, high-quality, short-term technical assistance to developing countries. It is a service funded by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

LEDS LAC is a network of leading transformational organizations and individuals working on the promotion, design and implementation of LEDS for resilient, low-emission development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Addressing the challenges posed by climate change requires the integration of mitigation and adaptation objectives into development policies and strategies. At the same time, achieving the economic and social aspirations of our countries requires taking these challenges into account.

For this reason, LEDS LAC promotes the formulation and implementation of national, sub-national and sectoral strategies that respond at the same time to the triple objective of promoting development, reducing emissions and increasing resilience.

These Low Emission and Resilient Development Strategies (LEDS) enable countries to move towards sustainable development and meet their climate commitments. For this reason, LEDS LAC supports leaders who are driving change from governments, civil society, the private sector and the international community. Among the activities and services that LEDS LAC provides is the Climate Action Accelerator.

The Community of Practice on Bioenergy (CoP BioE) was launched in 2016 as a space to exchange experiences, develop capacities and collaborate among people, organizations and countries, in order to promote the development of policies and business models for the sustainable development of bioenergy in Latin America and the Caribbean.

For its part, Asociación Sustentar coordinates the Assistance Accelerator through which support is provided to the LEDS LAC Platform in the general coordination of the technical assistance service.

In this context, the Colombian Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME) requested support from the ER WG to “Propose guidelines for structuring the roadmap of the National Bioenergy Plan in terms of regulation, governance and emissions reduction. In response to this request, the LEDS LAC Secretariat coordinated the hiring of Rocío Sierra to provide the technical assistance service.

This resource is only available in Spanish. The fact sheet that accompanies this resource is available here. An English overview of Climate Action Accelerator impacts in Latin America and the Caribbean is available here.