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Country cases cluster 3: Brazil | Costa Rica | Mexico | Dominican Republic

Cluster 3 was oriented to supporting selected countries in the region in the design of their 2030 Agenda implementation strategies in the light of a Big Environmental Push (BEP). To this end their capacities had to be expanded in order to promote, in a participatory and intersectoral manner, an economic growth producing fewer emissions, efficient in terms of the use of resources and socially inclusive. The ECLAC-BMZ/giz cooperation program supported Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Brazil and Mexico.

Brazil
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Public policies towards a Big Environmental Push (BEP) were identified and promoted in relation to sustainable mobility and sustainable energy production. A collection of case studies was produced on the feasibility of the BEP approach and the possibilities for peer learning. The cooperation project activities in Brazil contributed to the establishment of a Subcommittee on the Environment, Brazil Sigo XXI, in the Federal Senate to propose public policies and reforms for structural, economic and social development that promote sustainability. This project involved financial institutions that manage an innovation investment fund.

Costa Rica
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Two strategies were developed in Costa Rica for implementing the 2030 Agenda through two proposals for economic growth that reduce emissions, use resources efficiently and are socially inclusive, along the lines of the Big Environmental Push (BEP). First, the first National Bioeconomic Strategy 2020-2030, within the framework of the National Development and Investment Plan (2019-2022), developed by the specially formed Inter-Ministerial Committee on Bioeconomy (CIB by its acronym in Spanish). This strategy identifies more than 100 projects with potential application differentiated by different regions.

The second strategy is a proposal towards a sustainable public-transport system, which will be integrated into the implementation plans of the 2050 National Decarbonization Plan (PND by its acronym in Spanish) which consists of the conversion to electric buses. Local, regional and national banks participated in the financing proposals.

Mexico
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The development of the national industry of electric transportation vehicles was promoted in order to position Mexico as a center for the manufacture of electric vehicles, especially buses, at regional level. The massive adoption of an electric mobility model by metropolitan regions and medium-sized cities was also promoted. This will contribute to economic growth, job generation, more added value in production, technological innovation, the articulation of public policies and new investment flows and urban efficiency.

Dominican Republica
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The cooperation program supported the Dominican Republic in the formulation of a long-term low-carbon development strategy, in line with the Big Environmental Push (BEP) to 2020. The basis for this strategy and starting point is the BEP’s potential of the measures presented in Strategy 2030 and the National Adaptation Plan. The above seeks to complement the nationally determined contributions (NDC) with a vision that addresses greenhouse gas emissions towards 2050. A study was conducted on "Climate Change and the Electricity Sector in the Dominican Republic" aimed at analyzing various strategies for decarbonizing the sector and increasing resilience in order to enhance awareness of the issue among electricity sector companies and provide inputs to update the NDCs.

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