This testimony presents the main results of the technical assistance provided to UNACEM-Peru (ASOCEM partner) as part of the support of the GCAP Climate Action Accelerator, the Regional Platform for Low Emission and Development Strategies (LEDS LAC), the Platform’s Community of Practice on Public-Private Articulation for Climate Action in Latin America and the Caribbean (ArticuLAC) and Asociación Sustentar’s 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.

ArticuLAC is a community of people representing governmental and private sector organizations from EUROCLIMA+ program countries, who participate in dialogue activities, exchange of experiences and capacity building, in order to strengthen spaces and mechanisms to articulate and align the climate strategies and actions of both sectors, in pursuit of meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.

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, UNACEM PERU S.A. requested support from ArticuLAC to develop the “Inputs for the construction of Climate Actions in the cement industry in Peru”. In response to this request, the LEDS LAC Secretariat coordinated the contracting of FICEM to carry out 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.