Latin America has made important strides in developing standards and tools to integrate climate risk into its financial system. But technical sophistication alone does not guarantee that capital will flow toward the transition. The real challenge is building a financial architecture in which measurement and economic incentives work together to transform portfolios and channel financing toward activities compatible with a low-carbon economy.

As part of a pioneering initiative led by Acción Empresas, with technical support from Business for Nature, ImplementaSur is supporting participating companies in developing their nature and biodiversity strategies.

Climate change is affecting critical infrastructure, exposing productive sectors, and putting pressure on public finances, straining the financial system and highlighting a widening investment gap. As a structural factor, it poses a challenge not only in terms of how much financing is needed, but also how to effectively coordinate public policy, markets, and real investment. This is precisely where National Development Banks (NDBs) emerge as potential key players.

Adopting IFRS S1 and S2 means understanding sustainability not as a reputational narrative, but as financial and strategic business information. There is a technical component, of course, but one of the biggest challenges to adoption is cultural. It requires governance, internal capabilities, and integration that many organizations are not yet familiar with, particularly when it comes to the climate-related requirements under S2.

A step-by-step resource to help countries design policies, unlock finance and accelerate methane-reducing solutions in the waste sector.

This program marks a milestone as the first mitigation initiative ever to be incorporated into the platform—and the first from Latin America. Its inclusion highlights the program’s impact on supporting the implementation of Chile’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and underscores its potential to scale methane mitigation projects in the waste sector.

Our region offers unique advantages for Net Zero: clean power grids, renewable technologies, and abundant minerals. Yet at the same time, it faces resource gaps, socio-environmental tensions, and local resistance. Its role will be critical in turning a winding road into a just, sustainable, and resilient transition.

Over three days, our team—together with a wide range of stakeholders, from financiers to beneficiaries—will be discussing, among other topics, the importance of incorporating MRV schemes for accurate accountability, how to design ambitious projects aligned with national priorities, and how to leverage financing to implement such initiatives.

“Deepening Impact, Expanding Action in SIDS” takes place September 23–25 in Florianópolis, Brazil. The workshop will bring together island nation leaders and global partners to scale waste solutions and climate action.

• ImplementaSur took part in the Regional Meeting: Articulation and Mobilization of Investments for the Implementation of NDCs in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by LEDS LAC, the ArticuLAC Community of Practice, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and supported by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI).

A milestone that strengthens our purpose of generating positive impact from the inside out—environmentally, socially, and economically.

As COP30 approaches, methane reduction stands out as one of the most effective and urgent measures to tackle the climate crisis and improve public health. Recycle Organics participated in the conference reaffirming its commitment and issuing a clear call: we need more funding to scale solutions that are already delivering results.