This week we welcomed part of the coordinating team of the Community of Practice on Public-Private Articulation for Climate Action in Latin America and the Caribbean (ArticuLAC) to our Santiago offices. The visit was part of their trip to Chile for the Regional Forum on NDC Implementation, held at ECLAC from August 24 to 27.

The meeting led to a working session focused on mapping out the future of the community of practice over the coming years. Together with community members from Chile and other parts of the region, we discussed the challenges ahead for public-private collaboration in Latin America and the Caribbean. One of the central topics was Chile’s potential role as a regional hub — a platform to drive cooperation on issues that go beyond NDCs and long-term climate strategy: taxonomy, IFRS S1 and S2 implementation, biodiversity under the TNFD framework, and climate risks and carbon markets.

The day was also a chance to look back at ArticuLAC’s history — a network we’ve been part of for eight years, and one whose ability to bring together people from diverse professional backgrounds is something we deeply value. Our CEO, Ignacio Rebolledo, is a founding member of the community of practice and has remained an active and consistent participant across its different activities.

This year, Ignacio has led two training sessions exclusively for ArticuLAC members: “Corporate Climate Risk Reporting Metrics and Methodologies,” held on July 24, and “Unlocking Climate Finance through Article 6 of the Paris Agreement,” held on April 10. He also presented and participated as a panelist in the session on regulatory instruments to promote private sector climate action on May 6, and traveled to Costa Rica for the 2026 In-Person Workshop at INCAE Business School, where he shared ImplementaSur’s perspective on carbon pricing instruments and the challenges of accelerating the climate transition from the private sector.

He also contributed to the policy brief “Private Investment for Nature-Based Solutions: Opportunities, Progress, and Challenges in LAC,” providing content and editorial review — a document aimed at sharing the lessons gathered by ArticuLAC.

Looking ahead, the conversations with the team helped illuminate the path opening up for the community of practice in the short, medium, and long term, grounded in the conviction that building synergies and bridges to foster the cooperation needed to advance and drive climate action across the region remains as important as ever.