Platform of Latin America and the Caribbean for Climate Action on Agriculture

What is PLACA?

The Platform of Latin America and the Caribbean for Climate Action on Agriculture (PLACA), launched at COP25, is the only platform in the region that focuses on foster a collaborative network of shared knowledge and capacity building in supporting ministries of agriculture in enhancing climate action towards the implementation of their commitments under the Paris Agreement.

PLACA, arises in response to the need of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries to have a platform at the service of the Ministries of Agriculture to enhance interinstitutional exchange. The Platform is permanently open to all countries in the region for their integration.

Currently, the mechanism has trained more than 1,000 people through its four online self-learning courses and its Virtual Training Program. Also, over 2,500 people attended the regional workshops that the Platform has organized. PLACA has carried out two regional studies, three technical reports, a glossary of terms on agriculture and climate change, and two regional competitions for low-cost technological solutions in agriculture. All these products generated by the Platform are public goods at the service of the countries of the region.

Thematic Working Groups

PLACA is articulated on the basis of the joint work of four Thematic Working Groups (TWGs), which, through monthly meetings, promote a collaborative and interdisciplinary regional ecosystem focused on strengthening the technical capacities of the professionals that make up this network. The TWGs are spaces for the exchange of information, standardizing methodologies, sharing experiences, and addressing the intersection of agriculture and climate change.

Adaptation and mitigation: Contributes to climate change adaptation and mitigation actions within the scope of sustainable agricultural development that guarantees food security.
Public policies: Articulates knowledge and opportunities to strengthen the development and public policy strategies for climate change and agriculture, in order to support resilience and challenges in the agricultural sector of PLACA member countries.
Knowledge management: Shares and transfer knowledge through innovative options to strengthen the technical capacities of producers and professionals in the agricultural sector, in order to support resilience building and address the impacts and challenges of climate change in the agricultural sector in PLACA countries.
Research, development and technological innovation: Coordinates and promotes mechanisms for collaboration, the exchange of experiences and individual or coordinated efforts for innovation and scientific and technological dissemination among the countries of LAC, in order to address the effects of climate change and climate variability with a view to promoting sustainable, efficient and resilient agriculture.

PLACA´s members

Argentina

Bahamas

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Haiti

Mexico

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

The PLACA Secretariat is formed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).