Environment and Climate change

They will con­tin­ue to influ­ence coun­tries’ devel­op­ment con­di­tions. These changes con­sti­tute threats and a major chal­lenge for soci­eties in their abil­i­ty to meet basic human needs, pro­mote jus­tice, peace and secu­ri­ty and pur­sue sus­tain­able growth and development.

Envi­ron­ment and cli­mate issues are there­fore a key ele­ment of the over­all aim of Lux­em­bourg Devel­op­ment Cooperation’s gen­er­al strat­e­gy, and one of the three cross-cut­ting issues on which its actions focus. Lux­em­bourg Devel­op­ment Cooperation’s envi­ron­ment and cli­mate change strat­e­gy, pre­sent­ed in 2021, aims to frame all its activ­i­ties and aid with­in sus­tain­able, inclu­sive, renew­able or low-car­bon devel­op­ment dynam­ics that are resilient to the effects of cli­mate and envi­ron­men­tal change, in accor­dance with inter­na­tion­al envi­ron­men­tal con­ven­tions, Agen­da 2030 and the Paris Agree­ment goals.

2023 saw progress in the imple­men­ta­tion of the new gen­der and environment/​climate strate­gies. The tools devel­oped to ensure the strat­e­gy is prop­er­ly deployed both inter­nal­ly and by the main part­ners of Luxembourg’s Devel­op­ment Coop­er­a­tion have been finalised and made avail­able on the Luxembourg’s Devel­op­ment Coop­er­a­tion website.

In 2023, the Direc­torate for Devel­op­ment Coop­er­a­tion and Human­i­tar­i­an Affairs was part of Luxembourg’s del­e­ga­tion to the COP28 of the Unit­ed Nations Frame­work Con­ven­tion on Cli­mate Change in Dubai. Many bilat­er­al dis­cus­sions were held at COP28 with the del­e­ga­tions from Luxembourg’s part­ner coun­tries and organ­i­sa­tions, in order to strength­en polit­i­cal dia­logue on envi­ron­men­tal and cli­mate change issues.

Luxembourg’s Devel­op­ment Coop­er­a­tion has also con­tin­ued its involve­ment in the inter­min­is­te­r­i­al man­age­ment com­mit­tee of the Cli­mate and Ener­gy Fund (CEF), chaired by the Min­istry of the Envi­ron­ment, Cli­mate and Biodiversity.