Costa Rica to lead discussion on climate change
On November 16 and 17, at the XXII Latin American Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Cadiz, Spain, an initiative was approved by the Costa Rican government, EARTH University, and the Latin-American General Secretariat (SEGIB). The initiative aims to bring together Latin American policy makers, in April 2014 at EARTH-La Flor, to sponsor a conversation on climate change between two generations, the current decision-makers and Latin America’s young leaders.
Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla presented the initiative, called ECOin (Gathering for Intergenerational Joint-Responsibility for Climate Change, in English). The President stated that “Latin America has led global efforts in favor of the environment, such as the summits in Rio (Brazil) and Mexico, and now it will fall to Costa Rica to host a meeting to find solutions to one of the biggest current problems: the impact of climate change.”
ECOin seeks to promote “intergenerational joint-responsibility” as an innovative strategy to strengthen the impact and sustainability of the main global responses to climate change that are being developed or currently implemented, and that involve Latin American countries.
