Climate Action 2014-2015

CATALYSING
TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
CATALYSING CHANGE
WITH OUR PARTNERS, BY:
Avina and their partners are promoting reduction of deforestation
in the Amazon region through sustainable territorial management
Latin America and the Caribbean are
key in the global fight against climate
change. The region’s unique cultural and
biological diversity play a strategic role in
guaranteeing community resilience and
the provision of global environmental
services, such as food, energy, water, and
climate stability.
Simultaneously, as a rapidly developing
region, high infrastructure development
and economic growth offer a window of
opportunity for timely, climate compatible
investment that can promote adaptation
and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, while bringing positive social
impact to the population. Although it
produces only 9 per cent of global GHG,
the region is highly vulnerable to the
impacts of climate change, which already
affect many countries, communities and
ecosystems, and can seriously threaten
future development needs and poverty
reduction.
Being proactive on adaptation strategies
and encouraging an ambitious global
agreement is essential for reducing
climate risks while promoting inclusive,
sustainable development. This requires
increasing efforts around technological
and social innovation, transferring fossil
fuel subsidies towards low emission
infrastructure; recognising environmental
services as key for economic
development, and fostering multistakeholder,
regional cooperation. All this
can be duly addressed by public policies
developed through a participatory
process with the private sector and social
movements.
In recognition of the continent’s
potential, as well as of its significant
vulnerability and inequity levels,
Fundación Avina is working with
governments, business and civil society
partners to catalyse transformational
change. By promoting local, national
and regional initiatives in sectors like
energy, water, inclusive recycling and
sustainable cities, as well as in biomes like
the Amazon and Chaco region, Avina
aims to contribute with innovative and
effective climate policies and actions.
Multilevel, collective action is key to
responding to climate change; we believe
that complemented with effective social
and technological innovation, we can
scale up transformational change in Latin
America and the Caribbean as a global
contribution in the transition to an
equitable, low emission economy.
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