On August 19 and 20, Costa Rica hosted the Regional Meeting on “Articulation and Mobilization of Investments for the Implementation of the NDCs in Latin America and the Caribbean.” The event convened over 50 in-person representatives and 300 virtual participants from 30 countries across the region to discuss climate finance and strategies to accelerate the implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Sustainability Analyst María Ignacia Essedin attended the event on behalf of ChileCarne and underscored the significance of the agri-food sector in facilitating the transition towards low-emission, resilient production methods.
The year 2025 is considered a milestone and a decisive year for climate action. Countries are expected to update their NDCs with more ambitious goals and concrete implementation plans. To date, 13 countries have submitted their new targets, including Brazil, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, New Zealand, and the United Arab Emirates. Chile completed this process through a public consultation and approved its definitive NDCs last June. The commitment will be officially presented at COP30, to be held in November 2025 in Belém, Brazil. This global conference will bring together 196 countries to negotiate agreements that will reduce emissions, promote adaptation to climate change, mobilize climate finance, promote clean technologies, and strengthen climate justice. Brazil, as the host country, has called to develop an action agenda for 2030, with a focus on halting and reversing forest degradation, tripling renewable energy sources worldwide, doubling average energy efficiency rates, and strengthening global food security and resilience in cities, infrastructure, and water.
The U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 24 governors representing nearly 60% of the U.S. economy and 55% of the U.S. population, recently announced that the United States will continue working to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and drastically reduce climate pollution. This underscores the pivotal role of state governments, cities, businesses, and civil society as primary catalysts for climate action. Articulation between and the mobilization of investments are critical for countries in the region to achieve the targets outlined in their updated and revised NDCs for 2030 (NDC 3.0).
The role of ChileCarne
Following an invitation from the LEDS LAC Platform, the ArticuLAC Community of Practice, the NDC Partnership, and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), with support from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, ChileCarne was able to share the industry’s progress in sustainability. During the meeting, María Ignacia Essedin highlighted the sector’s experience in implementing anaerobic biodigesters that transform slurry into biogas, the use of renewable energies in production plants, advances in energy efficiency and the circular economy of nutrients, and joint work with communities and authorities to scale up climate solutions with a local focus. “Being part of these events lets us learn from other countries’ experiences and show the progress Chile has made. Our sector is committed to reducing emissions and developing innovative solutions to climate change that will help us adhere to the NDC and its mitigation plans,” she stated.
Regional links and funding
The event featured training sessions, experience sharing, and case studies of successful initiatives across Latin America. Innovative financing mechanisms, the role of development banks, and the need to coordinate actions between governments, businesses, and communities were also discussed. The meeting concluded with a consensus on shared priorities for the post-COP30 agenda, including climate finance, resilient food systems, waste management, just energy transition, and water management. It also provided an opportunity to follow up on the fifth LEDSenLAC Report. There was also an update on the region’s NDCs and a focus on public-private coordination, which is set to be launched in October this year.
Chile as a regional leader
Chile’s climate action is driven not only by international obligations but also by growing demand from markets that prioritize traceability, energy efficiency, and emissions reduction. An example of this is the Chile Conscious Origin Program, which promotes sustainability standards in the pork and poultry sector, backed by two decades of experience in biodigestion and circular economy. The program has consolidated the sector as a regional leader in practices that combine efficiency, innovation, and environmental responsibility.
The road to COP30
The Roadmap to COP30 reinforces the importance of the region and all stakeholders in global climate action. For ChileCarne, this process is a unique opportunity to show that the private sector can both support and spearhead meaningful change.
“At ChileCarne, we believe that climate financing and coordination between sectors, together with enabling conditions, are essential for advancing a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient food production model. These forums allow us to strengthen collaboration and reaffirm the leading role of the private sector in the region’s climate goals,” Essedin concluded.
The agri-food sector will continue to forge broader public-private and multi-stakeholder partnerships that make it possible to scale up solutions and connect them to the problems faced by communities, such as organic waste generation, contaminated water, energy efficiency, and, of course, climate change adaptation. This will enable large-scale solutions and widen their benefits, creating value for local communities.
ChileCarne reaffirms its role as a leader in sustainability by promoting practices that combine efficiency, innovation, and environmental responsibility and moving toward cleaner production that is better prepared to face the challenges of climate change.
