Latin America Advisor 2023-11-30 – Inter-American Dialogue

LATIN AMERICA ADVISOR

A daily publication Of the dialogue

November 30, 2023

What Does Latin America Stand to Gain at COP28?

The leaders of the United Nations’ COP28 climate conference, including the conference’s president, Sultan Al Jaber (right), officially start the gathering today in Dubai with representatives from around the world, including Latin America, participating. // Photo: COP28.

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Colombia and other South American countries are planning a joint push at this year’s U.N. climate conference, COP28, which starts today and runs until Dec. 12 in Dubai, Colombian Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said this month. While Latin American countries have traditionally negotiated separately at the conference, they will make more of a combined effort this year, she added. What are the most important initiatives that Latin American countries will seek to advance at COP28? How much are they likely to achieve at the conference? How much would a more unified approach to negotiations aid in Latin American countries’ climate agendas?

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Daniela Stevens, director, and Michael Kerns, program assistant, both at the Energy Transition and Climate Program at the Inter-American Dialogue: “Muhamad’s statement builds off the momentum from last year’s COP in developing the Global North versus Global South framework as a way to approach the COP28 negotiating table. By constructing a united Latin American front, Colombia and others can have greater collective weight in securing much-needed commitments from the developed world to finance climate adaption, debt-for-nature swaps and…”

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Diego Arria
Director,
Columbus Group

Merike Blofield
Professor of Political Science,
University of Hamburg

Devry Boughner Vorwerk
CEO,
DevryBV Sustainable Strategies

Joyce Chang
Global Head of Research,
J.P. Morgan

Marlene Fernández
Corporate Vice President for Gov’t Relations,
Arcos Dorados (McDonald’s)

Peter Hakim
President Emeritus,
Inter-American Dialogue

Donna Hrinak
Director,
Adtalem Global Education

Jon E. Huenemann
Council Member,
GLG Inc.

James R. Jones
Chairman,
Monarch Global Strategies

Craig Kelly
Senior Director,
Int’l Gov’t Relations,
Exxon Mobil

Barbara Kotschwar
Professor of Political Economy,
Georgetown University

John Maisto
Director,
US Education Finance Group

Nicolas Mariscal
Chairman,
Grupo Marhnos

Thomas F. McLarty III
Chairman,
McLarty Associates

Beatrice Rangel
Director,
AMLA Consulting

Ernesto Revilla
Head of Latin American Economics, Citi

Gustavo Roosen
President,
IESA

Andrés Rozental
President, Rozental &
Asociados

Shelly Shetty
Managing Director,
Sovereigns, Fitch

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