Colombia, recognized for its vast biodiversity, faces significant challenges in tracking international cooperation resources aimed at addressing climate change and biodiversity conservation. The country is highly vulnerable to climate impacts, which threaten key sectors like agriculture, and there is a need for improved systems to monitor financing related to climate and biodiversity. Recommendations propose consolidating information systems and enhancing investment in these critical areas to better manage and utilize resources.

1. The Colombian Presidential Agency
of International Cooperation
APC-Colombia

2. Challenges in Tracking International Cooperation
Resources for Climate and Biodiversity in Colombia
Jorge Ivan Escalante Castellanos

3. Colombian biodiversity
 Colombia is a country with great biological and cultural diversity.
 Colombia is one of the world’s “mega diverse” countries, close to 10% of the planet’s biodiversity.
 Bird species richness (1.850 species), amphibians (669 species) and wealth of mammals (471
species). It is estimated that there are about 40.000 species of plants, accounting for 15% of global
diversity.
 With 314 types of ecosystems, Colombia possesses a rich complexity of ecological, climatic,
biological and ecosystem components..
 This varied richness represents a significant challenge for developing sustainable initiatives.
 Colombia’s biodiversity is essential for assuring basic conditions, in the present and future, for the
improvement of human wellbeing, social equality and economic development.
 Moreover, biodiversity with its functions and processes, provides indirect-use services, such as:
climate regulation, prevention of disasters, soil formation, water purification and recreation.

4.  Colombia is the world’s third most vulnerable country to climate change, according to Frank Pearl,
who was Colombia’s Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development (Sep. 2011 – Sep. 2012)
 Colombian people have recently seen an increase in floods during the “Ola Invernal” or “seasonal
rains”, while others faced continuous threats of drought.
 Both the public and private sector in Colombia are aware of this hazard, with 95% of Bogotá’s
inhabitants considering that climate change affects their life quality.
 The country has reasons to worry as it relies on its agricultural sector which has already seen a
decline in the production and exportation of its high quality coffee, mainly due to global warming.
Colombian biodiversity

5. 1. How are climate and biodiversity related activities identified in national, sub-national and sectorial budgets?
Annual operation plan to be
approved by CONPES
Ministry of Finance and
Public Credit includes it in
the General Nation Budget
Law
Investment proyects information to register in the
projects national bank
•Institutional improvement
•Biodiversity
•Climate Change
•Sectorial Environmental management
•Knowledge management
•Healthy sea management
•Water resource management
•Environmet governance and management
Environment and Sustainable development
Conpes : Superior Economic Council
National Development Plan 2014-2018

6. 1. How are climate and biodiversity related activities identified in national, sub-national and sectorial budgets?
National Development Plan 2014-2018
Climate Change
Direction
In order to track Unique Territory Report
- FUT
Climate change
investment
Investments in climate change
(adaptation-mitigation) in
territory
Control
Tracking
Monitoring
Designed Follow
Unique Territory
Report - FUT Sectorial Investment Territories
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. International Affairs Office
Mayo 14 de 2015
Ministries , Administrative
Departments formulate the
investment projects.
Unified System for Public Investment– SUIFP.
NATIONALTERRITORIES

7. Interinstitutional commission
Technical Comittee
Ministry of Interior and Justice Ministry of Finance and Public Credit National Planning Department
National Statistics Department National Public Service Department Nation General Accounter
Health and Public Services Superintendence Ministry of Education Ministry of Health
Ministry of Housing, City and Territory of Colombia Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
Ministry of Interior and Justice Ministry of Finance and Public Credit National Planning Department
National Statistics Department National Public Service Department Nation General Accounter
INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE
1. How are climate and biodiversity related activities identified in national, sub-national and sectorial budgets?
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. International Affairs Office
Mayo 14 de 2015
National Development Plan 2014-2018

8. Tracking of International Cooperation
Total general US$ 373.009.464
40
33%
23
19%
22
18%
9
8%
17
14%
2
2%
7
6%
ODA Number of projects by marker
2011-2014
AMBIENTE
BIODIVERSIDAD
CC-ADAPTACIÓN
CC-BOTH MITIGACIÓN Y ADPATACIÓN
CC-MITIGACIÓN
DESERTIFICACIÓN
MULTI-VARIOS TEMAS
61
34%
56
32%
25
14%
9
5%
18
10%
2
1%
7
4%
Number of projects by marker 2011-2014
AMBIENTE
BIODIVERSIDAD
CC-ADAPTACIÓN
CC-BOTH MITIGACIÓN Y
ADPATACIÓN
CC-MITIGACIÓN
DESERTIFICACIÓN
MULTI-VARIOS TEMAS

9. Tracking of International Cooperation
Total general US$ 373.009.464
$135,192,629
35%
$104,220,372
27%
$30,401,841
8%
$50,312,145
13%
$46,350,800
12%
$270,760
0%
$21,238,115
5%
International Environment Cooperation 2011 - 2014 in US$ by marker
AMBIENTE
BIODIVERSIDAD
CC-ADAPTACIÓN
CC-BOTH MITIGACIÓN Y ADPATACIÓN
CC-MITIGACIÓN
DESERTIFICACIÓN
MULTI-VARIOS TEMAS

10. Tracking of International Cooperation
$132,509,272
36%
$94,370,307
25%
$30,048,715
8%
$50,312,145
13%
$44,260,150
12%
$270,760
0% $21,238,115
6%
ODA in US$ by marker 2011-2014
AMBIENTE
BIODIVERSIDAD
CC-ADAPTACIÓN
CC-BOTH MITIGACIÓN Y
ADPATACIÓN
CC-MITIGACIÓN
DESERTIFICACIÓN
MULTI-VARIOS TEMAS
Total general US$ 373.009.464
$2,683,357
18%
$9,850,065
66%
$353,126
2% $2,090,650
14%
New source by marker 2011-2014
AMBIENTE
BIODIVERSIDAD
CC-ADAPTACIÓN
CC-MITIGACIÓN

11. 3. What are the challenges experienced in tracking domestic climate and biodiversity related finance in national or sub-national government budgets?
1. Classify the nature of the investments and determine which are the attributes that would make a project might be
classified as climate change or biodiversity marker.
2. The preparation of statistics by country or sector on biodiversity-related aid, climate change-related aid or
desertification-related aid must be coherent with the OECD information (CRS).
3. The information between the cooperation provider and the country should be the same.
4. Centralize total finance flows information that includes national Budgets, other regional or local financial flows and
international cooperation flows that are not considered by Presidential Agency for International Co-operation, Colombia
5. Consolidate ONE Information System to track international cooperation finance flows in biodiversity and climate change.
6. Results information (geographical, municipalities, beneficiaries, results)
12 recomendations for Tracking of International
Cooperation

12. 3. What are the challenges experienced in tracking domestic climate and biodiversity related finance in national or sub-national government budgets?
7. Tracking and articulation for international cooperation in environment and sustainable development that creates dialog
with cooperants and to identify opportunities and best practices.
8. Have a national definition for “climate finances” to identify if a cooperation flow is in climate change or not.
9. Climate change will be a priority area for international cooperation to benefit mitigation or adaptation.
10. Increase investment budgets for biodiversity and climate change. Not function budgets.
11. The investments made with few resources will have long term results.
12. Coordinate the investment in the different entities of the National System of Environment to simplify efforts and
prioritize important areas.
12 recomendations for Tracking of International
Cooperation

13. Annexes

14. $-
$10,000,000
$20,000,000
$30,000,000
$40,000,000
$50,000,000
$60,000,000
$70,000,000
EE.UU.
ALEMANIA
COREA
UNIÓN…
CANADA
PAISESBAJOS
SUIZA
BM
PNUD-UNDP
FINLANDIA
UN-HABITAT
BID
CAF
REINOUNIDO
ESPAÑA
JAPON
UNICEF
OEI
International Contribution for
Environment marker 2011-2014
$-
$5,000,000
$10,000,000
$15,000,000
$20,000,000
$25,000,000
International Contribution for
Biodiversity marker 2011-2014
$-
$2,000,000
$4,000,000
$6,000,000
$8,000,000
$10,000,000
$12,000,000
$14,000,000
International Contribution for
adaptation marker 2011-2014
$-
$5,000,000
$10,000,000
$15,000,000
$20,000,000
$25,000,000
International Contribution for Mitigation
marker 2011-2014

15. $-
$5,000,000
$10,000,000
$15,000,000
$20,000,000
$25,000,000
$30,000,000
$35,000,000
$40,000,000
$45,000,000
$50,000,000
EE.UU. PNUD-UNDP BID FAO REINO UNIDO CAF
International Contribution for
adaptation+mitigation markers 2011-2014
$-
$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
$300,000
FINLANDIA
International Contribution for
desertification marker 2011-2014
$-
$2,000,000
$4,000,000
$6,000,000
$8,000,000
$10,000,000
$12,000,000
EE.UU. ALEMANIA UNIÓN
EUROPEA
FRANCIA PAISES
BAJOS
International Contribution for
different markers 2011-2014