Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities (Nature4Cities Latam)

The Nature4Cities Latam project is a 24-month readiness initiative designed to address barriers to the adoption of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in six selected secondary cities across Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. The project focuses on strengthening the knowledge base, reinforcing policy frameworks, fostering private sector partnerships, and developing innovative climate finance strategies. Key deliverables include city-level vulnerability and GHG assessments, Nature-Based Urban adaptation and mitigation Plans, and a regional online platform for knowledge sharing. The initiative aims to transition from pilot assessments to a pipeline of fundable project concept notes for the Green Climate Fund.

• Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) cities face extreme climate risks, with 48% of capital cities showing "extreme risk" according to the Climate Change Vulnerability Index.
• Urban areas in the LAC region are significant contributors to climate change, accounting for approximately 70% of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.
• The implementation of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in urban areas is hindered by eight primary barriers: limited knowledge, inadequate governance, difficulty balancing multiple goals, ineffective citizen involvement, insufficient social inclusion, lack of political and financial support, monitoring challenges, and difficulties in upscaling.
• The project will target six pilot cities across four countries: Cuba (proposing Santa Clara, Camagüey, and Manzanillo), Ecuador (Machala), Honduras (Tegucigalpa and Choluteca), and the Dominican Republic (selecting one from Santo Domingo and Santiago).
• A critical gap exists in sub-national GHG inventories; for example, the city of Machala in Ecuador has never performed a local GHG inventory process.
• Gender inequality in urban planning is a significant issue in LAC, where women are overrepresented in households living in poverty and underrepresented in decision-making roles, such as mayors in the Dominican Republic (7.7% between 2010-2016).
• The project's total requested amount from the Green Climate Fund is USD 1,049,314, with a total project budget including co-financing of USD 1,348,564.24 over a 24-month implementation period.
• The initiative will produce four national concept notes to scale up NbS for adaptation and mitigation, intended for submission to the GCF.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2021). Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities (Nature4Cities Latam). https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/increasing-resilience-through-nature-based-solutions-latin-american-cities-nature4cities-latam.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities (Nature4Cities Latam). 2021. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/increasing-resilience-through-nature-based-solutions-latin-american-cities-nature4cities-latam.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2021increasing, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Increasing resilience through Nature based Solutions in Latin American cities (Nature4Cities Latam)}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2021}, month = jan, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/increasing-resilience-through-nature-based-solutions-latin-american-cities-nature4cities-latam.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }