How Europe and Latin America can work together to tackle climate change

The authors call for the EU and CELAC to leverage their bi-annual summit in Brussels to coordinate a progressive climate agenda. They highlight the potential for the EU to support CELAC through technology transfers and predictable financial flows, particularly in renewable energy, to encourage stronger national commitments in Paris. The text emphasizes the need for a balanced approach to adaptation and mitigation, and for developed nations to fulfill their $100 billion annual climate finance pledge.

• The European Union and CELAC together represent nearly one-third of the 195 parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and are responsible for approximately 20% of global greenhouse-gas emissions.
• Specific climate goals in Latin America include Chile's target of 20% renewable electricity by 2025 and Mexico's law to reduce emissions by 30% below business-as-usual levels by 2020 and 50% by 2050.
• The EU has pledged to reduce domestic greenhouse-gas emissions by at least 40% relative to 1990 levels by 2030, with a long-term goal of 80-95% reduction by 2050.
• CELAC advocates for a balanced approach between adaptation and mitigation and calls for wealthy nations to provide $100 billion per year in climate finance to developing countries by 2020.
• The Inter-American Development Bank suggests that CELAC's renewable energy resources, including solar, wind, and geothermal, are sufficient to cover its projected 2050 electricity needs 22 times over.

APA

da Silva, L. I. L. (2015). How Europe and Latin America can work together to tackle climate change. World Economic Forum. https://www.weforum.org/stories/climate-action/how-europe-and-latin-america-can-work-together-to-tackle-climate-change/

Chicago

da Silva, Luiz Inácio Lula. How Europe and Latin America can work together to tackle climate change. World Economic Forum, 2015. https://www.weforum.org/stories/climate-action/how-europe-and-latin-america-can-work-together-to-tackle-climate-change/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=da Silva |first1=Luiz Inácio Lula |title=How Europe and Latin America can work together to tackle climate change |publisher=World Economic Forum |date=8 June 2015 |url=https://www.weforum.org/stories/climate-action/how-europe-and-latin-america-can-work-together-to-tackle-climate-change/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{dasilva2015how, author = {da Silva, Luiz Inácio Lula}, title = {{How Europe and Latin America can work together to tackle climate change}}, publisher = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2015}, month = jun, url = {https://www.weforum.org/stories/climate-action/how-europe-and-latin-america-can-work-together-to-tackle-climate-change/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }