ParlAmericas supports parliamentary climate action through innovative programs, dialogues, and partnerships designed for parliamentarians of the Americas and the Caribbean to promote the highest political commitments for advancing legislative work on climate change mitigation and adaptation in the hemisphere.
As part of our climate change program, we provide parliamentarians with knowledge resources informed by evidence-based research on climate change and field-based, context-driven learning. We create the spaces to establish direct dialogue with peers, local and international experts, and key stakeholders to advance the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the Sustainable Development Agenda and the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean. Learn More
Parliamentary Network on Climate Change and Sustainability
The ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network on Climate Change and Sustainability (PNCCS) was created in 2016 with the objective of promoting parliamentary diplomacy on climate action within parliaments, aligned with existing international frameworks that work towards combating climate change and achieving sustainable development. The PNCCS fosters knowledge exchanges between parliamentarians, expert practitioners, civil society and other stakeholders on effective practices for climate change mitigation and adaptation through workshops, dialogues and the creation of specialized resources. Learn more
Aligning Parliamentary Action to International Frameworks
ParlAmericas promotes the coordination and alignment of parliamentary actions on the environment with existing international frameworks to promote synergy between global and national objectives. ParlAmericas works to build understanding and support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, which offer valuable guidance to parliamentarians for decision making that integrates social, economic, and environmental factors, to shape more sustainable, resilient and equitable societies.
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RESOURCES
Guiding Documents for Understanding and Participating in Negotiations
- Advisory Opinion 32 of 2025: Climate Emergency and Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 2025
- COP for Newbies: First Time at the UNFCCC COP, YOUNGO
- Executive Summary: Parliaments and the Paris Agreement, ParlAmericas, 2021
- On Behalf of My Delegation: A Survival Guide for New and Lonely Climate Change Negotiators, IISD Earth Negotiation Bulletin
- Parliamentary Engagement in NDCs 3.0, GLOBE Legislators, 2025
- Primer on the United Nations Climate Change Regime, ParlAmericas, 2018
Sources of News and Updates on Negotiations
- Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992
- COP30 Official Website, Government of Brazil
- Earth Negotiations Bulletin, IISD
- Escazú Agreement, ECLAC, 2018
- The Road to Belém, UNFCCC
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, 1994
