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Colombia solar programme
This measure enables the most vulnerable households to generate their own energy using solar panels.
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Second NDC of Colombia
Colombia aims at capping its GHG emissions between 155 and 161 MtCO2e in 2035. The NDC also mentions a mitigation target for black carbon.
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Colombia's Mining Traceability and Transaction Control System
Colombia's Minerals Traceability System, established by Decree 2234 of 2023 and implemented through Resolution 759 of 2024, creates a comprehensive digital platform to track mineral transactions, verify legal origins, and monitor production volumes across the nation's mining sector. In response to concerns about illegal mining and mineral trading, the Ministry of Mines and Energy issued Decree 2234 in December 2023, followed by the National Mining Agency's Resolution 759 in October 2024. This regulatory framework builds upon existing structures like RUCOM (Unified Registry of Mineral Traders) and GENESIS (subsistence miners registry) to create an integrated digital ecosystem for…
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Colombia -Panama Partial Scope Agreement
The Partial Scope Agreement between Panama and Colombia entered into force on January 1995, fully or partially eliminating import tariff for most energy products and technologies, including: Electric motors, turbines and generators; Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery; Electric accumulators, transformers, capacitors, batteries; Motor vehicles; Mineral ore, slag and ash; Mineral fuels, oils and other products; Metals and their articles e.g. iron and steel; Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries or incorporating materials of external origin valued above 40% of the…
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Colombia - Mexico Free Trade Agreement
The Free Trade Agreement between Colombia and Mexico entered into force in January 1995, fully or partially eliminating import tariff for most energy products and technologies, including: Agglomerated and reduced iron and Alumina;Scrap metal and Ammonia;Crude steel and Aluminium;Solar PV Modules, Solar Cells, and Solar Wafers;Polysilicon;Battery packs and battery cells;Heat pumps;Electric cars and ICE cars;Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries or incorporating materials of external origin valued above 50% of the transaction value of the good to…
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Colombia - Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement
The Free Trade Agreement between Colombia and Costa Rica entered into force in 2016, fully or partially eliminating import tariffs for most energy products and technologies, including: Electric motors, turbines and generators; Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery; Electric accumulators, transformers, capacitors, batteries; Motor vehicles; Mineral ore, slag and ash; Mineral fuels, oils and other products; Metals and their articles e.g. iron and steel; Semiconductors devices and photovoltaic cells; Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries or incorporating materials of external origin…
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Colombia - Cuba Economic Agreement
The Free Trade Agreement between Cuba and Colombia entered into force in July 2021, providing for the reduction or elimination of border tariffs on goods traded between the countries, including: Electric motors, turbines and generators; Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery; Electric accumulators, transformers, capacitors, batteries; Motor vehicles; Mineral ore, slag and ash; Mineral fuels, oils and other products; Metals and their articles e.g. iron and steel; Semiconductors devices and photovoltaic cells; Rules of origin delineated in the Agreement include provisions preventing goods only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries or incorporating materials…
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First NDC of Colombia
Colombia aims at reducing its GHG emissions by 20% by 2030 relatively to a business-as-usual trajectory, or by 30% conditional on the provision of international support.
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Colombia's Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Strategy
Colombia's Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Strategy is part of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition's (CCAC) “Support for National Action Planning” initiative. This strategy identifies actions towards addressing short-lived climate pollutants (SLCP) and that should be addressed through the planning and implementation of domestic policies. As part of the actions to the mitigation of SLCP, the oil and gas and mining sector are included. Concrete actions are: 1. To recover, use and oxidize methane from coal mines2. To recover and use the gas and fugitive emissions during the production of oil and gas3. To reduce the leaks…
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Renewables 2021 Biofuels
…case. Biofuels recover in 2021 despite high costs Rising prices are slowing biofuels’ growth, but according to our forecast, demand in 2021 nevertheless recovers from the lows seen in 2020 during the Covid-19 crisis. Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Indonesia are managing climbing feedstock and biofuel costs by temporarily reducing or delaying blending mandates. We estimate these actions to reduce demand by 3%, or 5 billion litres, in 2021 compared to a scenario where mandates remained unchanged or were increased as planned. By August 2021 biofuel prices had increased by between 70% and 150% across the United States, Europe, Brazil…
