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Moving towards a free or low carbon environment carbon neutrality could generate around 15 million jobs by 2030 in Latin America and the Caribbean especially in sectors such as sustainable agriculture forestry solar and wind energy manufacturing and construction.This is revealed by a study prepared between the Inter-American Development Bank IDB and the International Labor Organization ILO which emphasizes the importance of mitigating greenhouse gases GHG aiming at the development of the region and well-being of the population by promoting opportunities for a sustainable economic reactivation.In this regard the coordinator of Mitigation Projects of the General Directorate of Climate Change and Desertification of the Ministry of the Environment Minam Lorenzo Eguren said that Peru has been developing a Technical Study towards Carbononeutrality which will be an input for updating of the National Strategy for Climate Change to 2050.Having a development strategy towards carbon neutrality offers clear guidance for the public and private sectors regarding how to orient investments and in this way ensure long-term economic growth and social well-being based on renewable energies electrification circular economy and nature-based solutions he stated.This was stated during his participation in the workshop Long-term decarbonization strategies and their role in climate ambition and post-COVID-19 recovery held on Thursday September 24 by the IDB. This initiative is part of the joint regional event called Climate Action in times of crisis promoting post-COVID-19 recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean.In this context Gerardo Arroyo National Officer for Environment Energy and Resilience of the United Nations Development Program in Mexico highlighted that a long-term vision will reduce our dependence on the development model based on the use of fossil fuels and it will open the doors to initiatives with a future avoiding the continuity of technologies that will be obsolete in a medium and long vision in economic and environmental terms.Likewise Ana Bucher senior specialist in Climate Change at the World Bank mentioned that climate action also brings benefits such as improved public health savings in public spending and social welfare. She also specified that low-carbon development represents a great opportunity to modernize the economy increase productivity and meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.In his turn Ral Delgado senior specialist in Investment Climate Change at the IDBs NDC appreciated the contribution of international and bilateral cooperation through which it has been possible to learn from the experience of other countries correct barriers and finance the first experiences helping to demonstrate that carbon neutrality is technologically feasible profitable and sustainable over time.
