Promoting low-carbon and climate resilient development pathways for Argentina (ProCLIM-AR)

State of implementation/results

• ProCLIM-AR implements activities in the following pilot provinces: Misiones, Chubut, Santa Fé, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero, and Tierra del Fuego.
  
  Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR):
• FLR guidelines were drawn up for Argentina’s seven forest regions (comprising a methodological manual for planning, regional catalogues of restoration practices, and a federal regulatory framework) and are currently being adapted for use by provincial decision-makers.
• Chubut´s updated FLR Plan covering 42,176 hectares affected by fires in 2014/15 is currently undergoing final revision. It includes five strategic pillars: strengthening nurseries, active restoration, Forest Management with Integrated Livestock (FMIL), management of invasive alien species, and fire prevention. To implement the Plan, the production capacity of nurseries has been strengthened, ensuring more than 100,000 native seedlings per year, while 43 hectares have been restored as part of a pilot scheme. The intervention area was estimated to have a carbon sequestration potential of 62,232 Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) per year.
• In Misiones, a first draft of the FLR Plan for the Green Corridor (including criteria for prioritising restoration areas and guiding territorial work) was developed through a participatory process and presented to the government.
• In Chubut and Misiones, consultation processes with indigenous communities and the promotion of multi-stakeholder dialogue platforms continue.
  
  Resource Efficiency:
• Studies on the resource efficiency potential of three subsectors of the metallurgical industry (automotive-parts, farm-machinery, trailers and semi-trailers) have identified a potential for cost and GHG emissions reductions of between 8.5% and 15%. The studies were presented to the Undersecretary of Industrial Policy, the Directorate of Sustainable Industry, and sectoral business associations. A study on the potential of digitalisation in these subsectors has shown that Argentina is at an intermediate stage of digital transformation, with many companies at early stages. In addition, a study on the potential of digitalisation in the building industry value chain has been conducted, as well as studies on the potential of green jobs and gender for resource efficiency.
• Altogether four pilot projects (involving up to 35 enterprises) on resource efficiency in the metallurgical industry (automotive-parts, farm-machinery, trailers and semi-trailers) and on digitalisation in the metallurgical industry were launched based on the above-mentioned studies.
• A proposal of a technical standard to enable foundry sands to be used as secondary raw material in the building sector has been developed and presented to the Foundry Industrial Association and the Directorate of Sustainable Industry.
• Studies to develop technical standards for adding minerals to cement to reduce the clinker factor and thereby GHG emissions are in progress.
• Capacity development has advanced with the launch of a second edition of an online Industrial Resource Efficiency course on the Ministry of Economy’s CAPACITAR platform, with more than 100 participants in the first edition and 129 registered participants for the second edition, as well as in-person courses targeting companies, university professors and researchers in the provinces of Santa Fé and Buenos Aires. A GHG emissions calculator for the metallurgical industry is being developed. Programmes and content for a diploma and a train-the-trainers course on resource efficiency have been developed. The National University of Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), with the support of ProCLIM-AR, has launched a master's degree specialising in sustainable consumption and production.
  
  Sustainable Transport:
• Since its launch in 2024, PONTS (Platform National Observatory for Sustainable Transport) has strengthened its governance and operational structure and established itself as a collaborative working community on sustainable transport in Argentina. Two annual meetings and 13 working group sessions have been held on energy efficiency, propulsion technologies, and fleet management innovation to drive forward the transition toward more competitive and decarbonized transport.
• The Learning Network for Efficient Transport Management, in which 13 companies participate, has held five workshops and forecasts an average reduction in fuel consumption of 2.2% per company.
• The voluntary certification programme Rumbo Eficiente (efficient route) for motorised road freight transport is preparing its launch and is recruiting partners. At the subnational level, support was provided for the creation of the Santa Fe Freight and Logistics Sector Technology Transition Roundtable.
• A set of tools has been developed to strengthen the adaptation of transport infrastructure and operations to climate change and has been used to train 202 institutional stakeholders from the provinces of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe, and from the Federal Road Council.
  
  Climate Finance / Climate Governance:
• In 02/2026, Argentina´s National Climate Change Information System (SNICC - snicc.ambiente.gob.ar/…) was launched with the support of ProCLIM-AR, including (i) User Experience / User Interface design; (ii) integration of the Climate Change Risk Mapping information into the SNICC; (iii) technical content editing; and (iv) Loss and Damage which provided the content for the corresponding section of the SNICC, as well as for the corresponding chapter in Argentina’s NDC 3.0. Another major milestone was the technical update of the Climate Change Risk Mapping System (SIMARCC - simarcc.ambiente.gob.ar), which adds updated climate projections and vulnerability/exposure layers to better identify future climate impacts. Studies on the coastal dynamics and wetland ecosystem services were launched, training for the provinces on SIMARCC was initiated, while support continues for upgrading the INVGEI (National Greenhouse Gas Inventory) platform and its alignment with the SNICC.
• ProCLIM-AR coordinated closely with the IKI “Support Project for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement” (SPA) via the NDC Partnership to advise Argentina on the development of its NDC 3.0, which was presented in Argentina in autumn 2025, but not (yet) to the UNFCCC.
• ProCLIM-AR has submitted a preliminary analysis of innovative sources of climate finance and is finalising work on the potential of carbon markets (Article 6, Paris Agreement), focusing on a risk-based approach to eligibility and safeguards.
• In 2025, ProCLIM-AR supported 18 provinces to: (i) create indicators and monitoring systems; (ii) to estimate and measure costs and financing sources (conducted in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme - UNDP); and (iii) to produce risk and vulnerability diagnostics. Guidelines, tools, and manuals were developed to support the development and implementation of mitigation and adaptation measures in the Response Plans.
• ProCLIM-AR also supports the government in implementing sectoral climate plans (transport, industry) and in re-establishing the Argentinean Round Table on Industry and Climate Change.

Latest Update:
09/2026

Further links

• Article: Llaryora led a federal climate summit with leaders from across the country (ES)
• Article: Reducing emissions helps lower costs - LA NACIÓN (ES)
• Article: Sustainable transport on the agenda (ES)
• Article: Working to restore forested areas in the mountain range affected by fires – Latest News: El Chubut (ES)
• Article: Agreement signed to restore areas affected by forest fires in the mountains - Últimas Noticias: El Chubut (ES)
• Article: The OEI participated in Córdoba in the First International Climate Conference leading up to COP30 - Organisation of Ibero-American States (ES)
• Article: Family farming: Promoting the restoration of forest landscapes in Misiones – Province of Misiones (ES)