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Issue-based Coalition on Climate Change and Resilience

IBC on Climate Change and Resilience

Issue-based Coalition on Climate Change and Resilience

SDGs
Cover of Goal 1 No poverty
Cover of Goal 2 Zero hunger
Cover of Goal 03 Good health and well being
Cover of Goal 4 Quality education
Cover of Goal 5 Gender equality
Cover of Goal 6 Clean water and sanitation
Cover of Goal 7 Affordable and clean energy
Cover of Goal 8 Decent work and economic growth
Cover of Goal 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Cover of Goal 10 Reduce inequalities
Cover of Goal Sustainable cities and communities
Cover of Goal 12 Responsible consumption and production
Cover of Goal 13 Climate action
Cover of Goal 14 Life below water
Cover of Goal 15 Life on land
Cover of Goal 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
Cover of Goal 17 Partnerships for the goals
Co-Chairs
UNDRR
UNEP
Observers
UNFCCC Secretariat
Members
FAO
WFP
UNOPS
UNDP
OCHA
ECLAC
ILO
IOM
PAHO
UNDRR
UNFPA
UNHCR
UNICEF
UNODC
UN WOMEN
UNDCO
UNESCO
UN-HABITAT
UNIDO
DPPA
WMO
UNEP

The IBC on Climate Change and Resilience (IBC-CCR) aims to enable United Nations agencies to work together to support a coherent and aligned implementation of the Global Agendas, including the 2030 Agenda, the UNFCCC including the Paris Agreement, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. This IBC aims to strengthen and streamline inter-agency coordination and UN system accountability on Climate Change, Resilience, and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) at the regional and sub-regional levels.  

The IBC-CCR supports this integrated approach for the implementation of climate change and resilience through joint programming, regional sectorial coordination mechanisms, intergovernmental processes, and knowledge exchange, and upholds the principle of “leaving no one behind” as a core approach that guides its work.

Notably, the group also serves as an entry point for the UN system at the regional and country levels to access general technical support on Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Resilience from the region, considering as well the need for an inclusive and green COVID-19 recovery.

ACTIVITIES

13 May 2025
Recording and monitoring loss and damage in Latin America and the Caribbean: the role of historical loss and damage data in shaping climate resilience

From vision to action:
UN contributions to the Antigua and Barbuda agenda for SIDS
English | Spanish

COP16 Side Events: Biodiversity Blueprints 
English | Spanish
View side events summary (Spanish)

Webinar: United System-wide Efforts to Build Climate and Disaster Resilience

https://www.undrr.org/es/event/desarrollo-de-la-nina-en-el-2024-condiciones-actuales-impactos-esperados-y-acciones

Webinar: Preparation for the Impact of the El Niño Event in Latin America

Summary: El Niño event in the Americas and the Caribbean (EN) (ES)

Webinar series: Road to COP 28

Side event: Comprehensive Fire Management

Webinar series: Climate Change and Resilience in times of COVID-19. Multiple Hazards and Systemic Risk: Addressing Climate-Related Disasters in Times of COVID-19

DOCUMENTS

Regional Summary: Gender mainstreaming in climate change, resilience and disaster risk reduction (EN) (ES)

Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Pathways for sustainable development and policy coherence in the Caribbean region through comprehensive risk management

Regional Brief on Energy Transitions in Latin America and the Caribbean

Wildfires in Latin America: A preliminary analysis, messages and resources

Innovative Financial Instruments and Good Practices to achieve the SDGs and Paris Agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean

From Words to Action: Projects with Innovative Solutions to Promote Nature Conservation, Climate Action and Gender Equality

Brief: Multiple-hazards and systemic risk. Addressing climate-related disasters in times of COVID-19

Services

• Provision of technical assistance for the development of inter-agency programming and advocacy on climate action and disaster risk reduction (DRR), wildfires, green economic transformations, El Niño event and gender-environment integration.
• Develop joint approaches to address climate change and build resilience, including inter-agency work in Amazonia subregion and in small island developing States (SIDS).

• Share documents, lessons learnt and good practices and support UNCTs, as necessary and possible, with information, tools, resources and technical reviews (on issues, such as climate change, DRR, wildfires, green economic transformations, El Niño event and gender-environment integration).
• Provide updates of negotiations and agreements, and analysis of regional implications of environmental multilateral environmental agreements.
• Share analysis of policy coherence DRR-CCA-Sustainable Development (already available for 16 Caribbean countries).
• Share analysis of NDCs and of long-term strategies.

• Provide informational resources about the biodiversity framework.

• Training sessions for UNCTs and/or external counterparts (as requested through the Resident Coordinators) on: United Nations Plan of Action on Resilience and UNCTs support for UNSDCFs and CCAs.
• Webinars and technical meetings on: climate change, DRR, wildfires, green economic transformations, El Niño event and gender-environment integration.
• Webinars on Disaster Risk Reduction Financial Mechanisms and Resilient Infrastructures.

• Dissemination of key messages related to the environmental dimension of sustainable development, climate action, resilience and DRR (through policy briefs, toolkits, webinars, technical documents, etc.), especially on: Early warning for all, Santiago Network on loss and damage, comprehensive risk management, COP29 and COP30 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and COP16 to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

• Development of joint positioning within the IBC on climate change and resilience in regional events, especially on: Santiago Network on loss and damage, COP29 and COP30 of the UNFCCC, LAC Climate Week, and COP16 of the UNCBD, Early Warning for All, Forum of Ministers of Environment of LAC, among others.

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