EUROCLIMA+ supports an encounter between members of the Public Administrations of both countries to exchange experiences on their respective legislative processes

01/02/2021

Chile and Panama share their experiences on climate change legislation

EUROCLIMA+ supports an encounter between members of the Public Administrations of both countries to exchange experiences on their respective legislative processes
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Public representatives from Chile and Panama have met to analyse and share national legislative processes on the elaboration of climate change laws as part of the initiative “Formulation of the draft Framework Law on Climate Change and updating of the Climate Change Policy“ supported by EUROCLIMA+, through FIIAPP.

Policy and regulatory frameworks are essential to achieve the goal of net zero emissions by the end of the century, since if climate policies are formulated in laws supervised by parliament, the possibility of their being reversed is reduced.

Chile and Panama are working to have their own climate laws. In the case of Chile,by 2019 it had already prepared the preliminary draft Framework Law on Climate Change which is going through the constitutional process. For its part, Panama is in the preparation phase of the draft Framework Law on Climate Change and updating of the National Climate Change Policy to 2050, for which it has the support of the EUROCLIMA+ programme.

The event brought together members of the environment ministries of both countries and the exchange of experiences made it possible to present lessons learnt in both countries. The main conclusions highlighted consisted in showing that climate change requires hard work in terms of institutionalisation and planning. Likewise made evident was the need for local actors, the private sector and different levels of government to participate in the legislative design process. Another of the keys pointed out by the attendees was the importance of being able to have long-term climate strategies that guarantee the continuity of any actions undertaken.

From Panama, it was indicated that it is the right time in terms of domestic politics to begin the process of setting out the preliminary draft of the Framework Law on Climate Change, given the interest that different government ministries are showing, beyond the Ministry of the Environment. To a large extent, this is due to the awareness brought about by the damage to the private sector caused by the latest hurricanes to hit the country.