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title: SS&S - Race to Zero - Barranquilla
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# Race to Zero - Barranquilla

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| **Project country: Colombia** |
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| **Sector: Low-carbon policy** |
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| **Expert Partners: The Carbon Trust ** |
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***The local government of Barranquilla requested assistance to develop and revise key indicators for its signature city projects, which have a significant impact on the environment. ***

This aimed to monitor projects’ contributions to emissions reductions and to take actions accordingly. Moreover, the city required assistance to identify a key climate action that derives from these projects, a key component of its commitment to the Cities: Race to Zero (R2Z) initiative.

The skill-share delivered advice on climate change indicators, such as reduction in CO2 emissions due to the city projects; measurement of environmental impact, development of climate actions and emissions reduction targets, delivered through a combination of workshops, co-working sessions and offline working. Skill-share experts further supported the local government of Barranquilla to identify a key climate action derived from its signature city projects, by delivering joint sessions with multidisciplinary teams from the local administration; identifying and developing a climate action for Cities: Race to Zero, with its corresponding targets, based on the selected projects.

Experts ensured that ***GESI ***was embedded across delivery of this skill-share. Key female stakeholders were empowered via increased expertise and technical authority, and a balanced gender ratio was achieved in attendance across delivery. Furthermore, GESI considerations in net zero planning and climate action were highlighted to the beneficiaries throughout the skill-share.

 

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#      Key facts

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- **Barranquilla is part of “BiodiverCities by 2030”**, a global initiative spearheaded by the National Government of Colombia and the World Economic Forum (WEF), which supports city governments, businesses and citizens to create an urban development model that is in harmony with nature.
- **Barranquilla **is a close ally in Colombia to pursue sustainable growth objectives.** The city is leading many climate and biodiversity initiatives aiming to preserve and increase biodiversity in cities**.
- **Barranquilla is the only city** **with a local officer outside of the Embassy in Bogota** to pursue commercial and sustainability objectives. 

## Key achievements

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- **Barranquilla now has a working list of climate indicators**, allowing them to identify monitor and report on progress for key climate actions. This will support them in their mission to reach net zero as a city.
- **Experts provided advice on climate change indicators**, such as reduction in CO2 emissions due to the city projects; measurement of environmental impact, development of climate actions and emissions reduction targets.
- **Experts successfully delivered joint sessions with multidisciplinary teams from the local administration**; identifying and developing a climate action for Cities: Race to Zero with its corresponding targets.

 

 

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