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Climate equivalent annual investment required
3.7% to 4.9% of regional GDP is the estimated average annual equivalent of climate investment through 2030 in LAC (ECLAC, 2025). -
Climate investment required
US$2.1 to US$2.8 trillion is the estimated range of cumulative investment through 2030 in LAC to meet climate commitments, per the report (ECLAC, 2025). -
Ceiling on productivity gains from “closing gaps”
12% would be the region’s productivity increase even if it reached the reported reference levels (ECLAC, 2025).
Bioeconomy
The bioeconomy as a policy area drives the transformation of agrifood systems through the efficient and integrated use of biomass, promoting sustainable productivity, economic diversification, and the industrialization of biological resources. Bioeconomy policies foster the creation of new bio-based industries, generate employment in rural territories, and utilize by-products and waste to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Additionally, they promote nature-based solutions, circular economies, and approaches that balance economic growth with environmental sustainability.
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Climate equivalent annual investment required
3.7% to 4.9% of regional GDP is the estimated average annual equivalent of climate investment through 2030 in LAC (ECLAC, 2025).
Climate investment required
US$2.1 to US$2.8 trillion is the estimated range of cumulative investment through 2030 in LAC to meet climate commitments, per the report (ECLAC, 2025).
Ceiling on productivity gains from “closing gaps”
12% would be the region’s productivity increase even if it reached the reported reference levels (ECLAC, 2025).
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AGRAYU: PhyGital Platform for Rural Agriculture
A non-reimbursable technical cooperation aimed at improving agricultural profitability and environmental sustainability in the Peruvian Amazon through a PhyGital (physical and digital) platform that combines AI-based personalized agronomic advisory with traceable distribution of agricultural inputs for small cacao producers in the provinces of Juanjui and Tocache (San Martín). The initiative integrates blockchain-based digital identity, a decentralized network of local entrepreneurs called "Inges Agrayu" with a gender focus, and satellite deforestation monitoring, targeting a 19% productivity increase and a 17% reduction in the local deforestation rate. It was selected through the Amazonía BioBuilders call (RG-O1711) and is framed within the IDB Group's Amazonía Siempre Program, with a projected scale-up to over 20,000 producer families across the Amazon region.
Comprehensive and Sustainable Alternative Livelihoods: Transition towards Diversified Agricultural Production in the Province of Mariscal Ramón Castilla, Department of Loreto, Peru
A technical cooperation financed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) through the IDB and executed by Profonanpe, aimed at promoting an Amazonian bioeconomy model in Mariscal Ramón Castilla province (Loreto, Peru), linking regional and national strategies with conservation practices in local communities, particularly Yagua and Ticuna indigenous peoples. The initiative promotes a sustainable transition away from extractive, subsistence, and illicit crop-based economies toward regenerative productive systems that guarantee self-consumption, economic surplus, and preservation of Amazonian ecosystems. Its approach integrates natural capital strengthening, agricultural diversification, and integral alternative development as pillars of climate resilience and territorial inclusion.
Development of sustainable sea moss farming methods in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia Sea Moss Value Chain Strengthening Project through the implementation of sustainable cultivation frameworks. It focuses on technology transfer, the recovery of local ecological knowledge, and the creation of governance mechanisms to balance the economic livelihoods of coastal communities with the conservation of marine ecosystems
Policy frameworks
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Position (EU) No 6/2026 of the Council on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques
Position (EU) No 6/2026 of the Council, adopted at first reading on 21 April 2026, sets out the Council position with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their products, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625. The text aims to establish a legal framework for plants obtained by new genomic techniques, their products, and related official controls. The initiative responds to developments in biotechnology since the adoption of Directive 2001/18/EC on genetically modified organisms and addresses the regulation of techniques such as genome editing applied to plants.
Roadmap for Green Fertilizers in Uruguay
Strategic document aimed at developing green fertilizers in Uruguay through the use of green hydrogen, technological innovation, industrial sustainability, and the strengthening of resilient low-carbon agri-food value chains.
IFC Supports Paraguay's First Green Fertilizer Plant
Sustainable investment initiative supported by IFC to develop Paraguay's first green fertilizer plant, promoting innovation, decarbonization, agricultural sustainability, and strengthening agri-industrial value chains through low-carbon technologies.
Good practices
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Development of sustainable sea moss farming methods in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia Sea Moss Value Chain Strengthening Project through the implementation of sustainable cultivation frameworks. It focuses on technology transfer, the recovery of local ecological knowledge, and the creation of governance mechanisms to balance the economic livelihoods of coastal communities with the conservation of marine ecosystems
Green Health: improving indigenous participation through the CBD’s ABS
This project aimed to strengthen the participation of indigenous communities in Guatemala in biodiversity governance and sustainable use of medicinal plants. Through collaboration between academic institutions and Maya councils of elders, the project documented traditional medicinal knowledge, supported the conservation of threatened plant species, and strengthened local capacities to implement Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) mechanisms under the Convention on Biological Diversity. The initiative contributed to linking biodiversity conservation, community health, scientific research, and the protection of traditional knowledge.
Sustainable artisanal fisheries and bio-businesses for food security with market access in the Peru–Colombia Border Integration Zone
Sustainable artisanal fisheries and bio-businesses for food security with market access in the Peru–Colombia Border Integration Zone is a binational technical cooperation initiative in the Putumayo River basin aimed at strengthening sustainable artisanal fishing and food security. It promotes cross-border governance through a binational roundtable, diagnostics and monitoring campaigns focused on water quality and fish species of commercial interest. It supports fisheries value-chain bio-businesses through awareness and technical training, financial education, technical assistance, formulation of business models and non-reimbursable equipment support, plus binational fairs and strategic commercial alliances. It also includes community food security plans, training in good food practices, field schools and collective solutions for access to safe water such as collection, filtration and storage. The initiative is implemented in Peru and Colombia over 24 months, financed by the Colombia–Peru Border Integration Zone Development Fund, with a required start in September 2025.
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