Argentina

The collaboration between Italy and Argentina in the environmental field began in 2017 with the signing of an Agreement on Climate Change . The project, resulting from the agreement, has as its objective the management of widespread fires in the country. During COP27 a new Agreement on Sustainable Development was signed.

COP27 new Memorandum of Understanding signed

As part of the cooperation between the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security of Italy, (MASE), and the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Argentina, (MAyDS), a new Memorandum of Understanding was signed alongside CoP27 in the field of sustainable development. The MoU was signed by DG Modiano, (DG AEI), and DG Martin Illescas, (DG Projects with External Financing and International Cooperation).

Cooperation in the field of Sustainable Development

Counterparty: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Argentina (MAyDS)
Intervention Areas:

• Improve water resource management and protect water-related ecosystems (SDG 6)
• Promote access to sustainable, renewable and efficient energy (SDG7)
• Encourage the adoption of conscious consumption models (SDG 12)
• Strengthen and coordinate efforts to combat global climate change and address its adverse effects (SDG 13)
• Promote sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources (SDG 14)
• Protect, restore and enhance the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems (SDG 15)
• Increase international support for capacity building in developing countries (SDG 17)

Cooperation on vulnerability, risk management, climate change adaptation and mitigation

Counterparty: Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development of the Argentine Republic.
Intervention Areas:

• Improving the collection, management and forecasting of climate data, through the development of early warning, monitoring, recording and data acquisition systems for vulnerability and risk assessment to climate change.
• Development of renewable energy sources and improvement of energy efficiency.
• Promotion of sustainable forest management within local communities, forest recovery, deforestation and forest degradation.
• Support for sustainable agricultural and animal husbandry practices.
• Revitalization of an efficient and low-carbon transport system