The Interdisciplinary Observatory on Climate Change is launching the latest volume of Cadernos do OIMC, featuring the article Advances and challenges in adaptation, mitigation and just transition policies in Colombia, authored by Edgar Andrés Londoño Niño (ESAP). Published in Spanish, this issue is the second in a series of five studies on climate adaptation and just transition in Latin America, resulting from the project South-South Relations and COP30: Adaptation and Just Transition, funded by the Climate and Society Institute (iCS).
Read extracts from the article’s abstract:
This policy paper analyses the evolution of the integration of climate change into the Colombian government’s agenda and examines the main challenges to the implementation of adaptation, mitigation and just transition policies. Climate change initially emerged as a technical and diplomatic issue linked to Colombia’s international commitments, but has gradually become a development issue requiring cross-sectoral, territorial and multi-level coordination. (…) The analysis shows that mitigation initially received greater attention, particularly due to its links with carbon markets, emissions reductions and the energy transition. Adaptation subsequently gained greater prominence, linked to risk management, territorial vulnerability, water and food security, and the protection of vulnerable populations. (…) The document also examines the two-way relationship between armed conflict and climate change. Violence, deforestation, illicit economies and institutional fragility increase climate vulnerability, whilst environmental degradation and competition for resources can exacerbate conflicts and displacement.
PhD in Political Science from the Institute of Social and Political Studies (IESP-UERJ), Edgar Andrés Londoño Niño is a lecturer and researcher at the Colombian School of Public Administration (ESAP) and a full professor at La Salle University (UniLaSalle). Throughout his career, he has gained extensive experience in research in the fields of Political Science and International Relations in Colombia and Brazil, and as an academic reviewer for various scientific publications in Latin America.
