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“Strengthening of Capacities in Carbon Markets, Law and Environment”
Global Greengrants Fund was awarded to the foundation Barraquilla+20 a grant that aims to strengthen capacities, provide information,...
Water and Sanitation
Projects around the awareness about the care and treatment of water sources.
Building the present that we want to
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In Foundation Barranquilla +20 we are working since 2012 promoting climate action youth and sustainable development in Colombia. We encourage projects that address climate change, biodiversity, water, and environmental education, connecting local knowledge and innovation to build territories resilient and low emissions.
We are moved by the rescue of the local knowledge and intergenerational equity to build cities and territories, residents, and low in GHG emissions.
Our initiatives have covered regions such as the Orinoco, Caribbean and the South Pacific in Colombia.
Be a reference organization in Latin America for its leadership in climate action, environmental education and the empowerment of intergenerational toward a future of fair and resilient.
Commitment, equity, innovation, collaborative work, and respect for the nature guide all of our actions.
In Fundación Barranquilla +20 we believe that the climate justice begins from the territories. Since 2012, led by Xiomara Acevedo, we have worked with women, youth, childhood, towns, communities, african and indigenous and coastal communities, promoting leadership, equity, and environmental education and social mobilization.
Projects like MallorquínVIVE, Low Carbon Schools, the Summits of Women for Climate Justice and our participation in global processes such as COP16, COP27 and COP30, consolidated Barranquilla +20 as an expert, a pioneer and leader in Colombia and Latin America in climate change, biodiversity, water and justice socio-demographic and territorial.
Our commitment is to life, territories, and communities — and with a future that is sustainable, equitable, and resilient for all people.
Our projects combine innovation, social justice, and territorial action to transform realities. Join us on the path towards a new model of sustainable development, and inclusive community.
To strengthen, join, create, and support processes and environmental projects, whose purpose is to manage sustainably the territory, ensure citizen participation, and protect the nature.
Promote the inclusion of gender and the representation of voices historically made invisible, such as women, children, indigenous peoples, afro-colombian communities, women and LGBTI.
Develop legal actions, and spatial planning to implement mitigation and adaptation measures to climate change in cities and territories of the country.
Create and co-create campaigns, programs and projects on climate change, ecological restoration, water management, biodiversity conservation and environmental democracy.
The work of Barranquilla, +20 has been recognized by global organizations, youth networks, multilateral institutions and international platforms of climate change, sustainable development and gender.
Mainstreaming gender equity in each of the initiatives that we undertake and/or support.
Strengthening projects through the use of innovative tools to address global change.
Using legal means, political, and legal to influence effectively and monitor projects, plans and campaigns in the cities, in urban environments and in eco-regions.
Developing community-based interventions, inter-sectoral and inter-institutional approach to the potentials and challenges in environmental matters.
Collaborating with other movements and/or organizations working at the local, national and international levels.
Your time can generate a real impact. Join our network of volunteers and contributing to environmental projects, education and community that strengthen sustainable development in Colombia. Each action has to build the present that we want.
We are a non-governmental organization led by young people, established in 2012, which promotes climate action, environmental education, and equity in the territories of Colombia.
You can join by completing the form in our section of volunteering. We offer spaces for training and participation in environmental projects, education and community.
Our initiatives have been developed in the Caribbean, the Orinoco and the South Pacific colombian, always in collaboration with local communities and strategic partners.
The projects are funded through donations, partnerships with national and international entities, and the management of funds of cooperation for the sustainable development.
We work on strategic lines of climate change, biodiversity and water, integrating cross-cutting themes of education, empowerment, and environmental governance.
You can contribute by making a donation, sponsoring a project, or spreading our initiatives in your networks to extend the collective impact.
Young leaders of Burundi and Colombia addressed the Sexual and Reproductive rights at the local level in 2 focused projects. Both Ngos, among them Barranquilla,+20, they found a deployment poor laws due to a governmental coordination ineffective, lack of cultural understanding, taboos, and little institutional support. The study sought to identify the challenges and needs of the local community in the implementation of the Education of the whole Sexuality (EIS) and to propose actions to close the gaps found.
Women for Climate Justice for the Construction of Peace and Security it is an investigation of Barranquilla,+20 in Huila and Santander North, carried out with IREX and USAID. Part of the Youth Excel, a program of 5-year USAID, aims to empower young people and Ngos led by them to strengthen development solutions.
Young people around the world prepare to take on a leading role in the defense of biodiversity. Led by the Global Network of Youth for Biodiversity (GYBN), official authority recognized by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and its national chapters, over 700 young people will participate in these summits in October 2024 in Cali, Colombia.
We have made it! The Ministry of the Environment has requested that the environmental authorities and institutions territorial urgent actions for the conservation of the ciénaga de Mallorquín in Barranquilla.
Global Greengrants Fund was awarded to the foundation Barraquilla+20 a grant that aims to strengthen capacities, provide information,...
Global Greengrants Fund was awarded to the foundation Barraquilla+20 a grant that aims to strengthen capacities, provide information,...
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