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- News 19 June 2025 Unlocking Climate Finance: Belize’s New Strategy Engages Private Sector Belize has unveiled a new strategy to enhance private sector investment in climate action, developed with support from the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and funded by the NDC Partnership. The strategy aims to unlock new sources of climate finance and accelerate the country’s progress toward achieving its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. The NDC Private Sector Investment Strategy - Improving private sector investment in climate action in Belize outlines a…
- Publication 26 May 2025 NDC Private Sector Investment Strategy Belize’s updated NDC (2021) sets ambitious targets for both adaptation and mitigation aimed at achieving 5,647 KtCO2e of emission reductions between 2021 and 2030 compared to a business-as-usual scenario, while building resilience, adapting and minimizing loss and damage due to the impacts of climate change. To achieve this, a wide range of mitigation and adaptation measures have been identified. The total cost estimate for the implementation of the proposed NDC measures is US$1,712 million,…
- Project 27 November 2024 NDC Partnership - Improving Private Sector Investment for Climate Action in Belize Belize requested support through the NDC Partnership for Improving Private Sector Investment for Climate Action in Belize. UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre (UNEP CCC) responded to the request and has been selected to provide the requested support through the NDC Partnership Action Fund. The report consolidates relevant information on the scope, ambition, priorities, opportunities and challenges related to private sector investments in climate action in Belize. It offers pragmatic strategies to…
- Webinar & E-Learning 25 November 2024 Programa de Fortalecimiento de Capacidades del Personal Líder en Entidades Relacionadas con Eficiencia Energética El Programa Mesoamericano de Uso Racional y Eficiente de la Energía (PMUREE) del Proyecto Mesoamérica, y el Centro de Copenhague de Eficiencia Energética (C2E2), dependiente del Centro Climático de Copenhague del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (UNEP-CCC por sus siglas en inglés), tienen el agrado de invitarlos a esta actividad de capacitación. Esta actividad es parte de un acuerdo de cooperación entre ambas instituciones, con el objeto de fortalecer capacidades a través…
- News 2 September 2024 UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and Belize continue transparency work for net-zero transport Belize is better placed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the country's transport sector, following a training workshop on monitoring and evaluation for experts from various government ministries. The workshop is part of the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency's (ICAT) project in Belize, which is focused on reducing greenhouse gas emisisions in the transport sector - a critical area for achieving the country's climate goals. The workshop and project is being implemented by UNEP…
- News 28 September 2022 NDC tracking framework links Belize’s climate and sustainable development policies Belize’s partnership with ICAT and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre began in 2019 and aimed to address gaps and barriers that were hindering climate change data capture and monitoring. In turn, this affected Belize’s ability to effectively track its commitments made under the Paris Agreement and ultimately, its ability to meet its reporting requirements. The country’s first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in 2015 outlined mitigation opportunities across multiple sectors…
- Project 4 December 2018 Capacity Building for Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) This project promoted environmental sustainability in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of nations within the context of Millennium Development Goal number 7. The project also worked in line with the international obligations and related commitments under the various Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) signed by the respective countries. The project enhanced the capacity of ACP countries to implement their respective obligations under MEAs and honour related commitments…
- Project 7 November 2018 CDM Loan Scheme The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Loan Scheme was conceived as a means to improve the regional distribution of the CDM by enhancing the number of registered CDM activities in under-represented countries. The CDM Loan Scheme has been instrumental to support the increased participation to the CDM by countries with less than 10 registered CDM projects in underrepresented regions. As agreed by Parties at the Copenhagen Climate Conference in 2009 the loans are provided interest-free from…