Nature Positive Cities Efforts to Advance the Tranistion Barranquilla 2025

–The Department of Planning monitors and manages the development and investment plans, including the execution of public policies, ensuring all development is sustainable. –The Risk Management Office manages disaster risk coordination, ensuring risk reduction and securing a resilient city by integrating climate change adaptation policy. –The District Infrastructure Agency (ADI) is responsible for planning, executing, supervising and maintaining public infrastructure projects in the Barranquilla district. Its mission is to ensure the development of sustainable, high-quality urban projects that improve connectivity, mobility, public spaces and basic services in the city. Additionally, the ADI plays a crucial role as the executor of stream channelization and the cleaning and restoration of the city’s water bodies, contributing to the mitigation of flood risks and the improvement of the urban environment. The ADI plays a strategic role in Barranquilla’s nature-positive approach to urban transformation, aligning infrastructure investment with the district’s social, environmental and territorial development priorities.At the national level, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development oversees environmental management and use of renewable resources, while the District Sustainability Committee offers guidance, support and monitoring to ensure Barranquilla meets sustainability commitments. –The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development provides the national regulatory framework for environmental management. Municipal governance The Territorial Planning Council Create, monitor and evaluate territorial development plans, ensuring ample citizen engagement in decision-making, to align outcomes with local needsDepartment of Planning Monitors and manages the development and investment plans, including the execution of public policies, ensuring all development is sustainableRisk Management Office Manages disaster risk coordination, ensuring risk reduction and securing a resilient city by integrating climate change adaption policy The District SustainabilityCommittee Monitors indicators and SDGsThe Corporación Autónoma Regional del Atlántico (CRA) Serves as the environmental authority for rural areas, defining strategies and principles for environmental protectionThe ADI Coordinates environmental efforts related to water conservation and water system management Barranquilla Industrial and Port Special District Conducts planning, implementation and monitoring of policies and actions to protect and improve the port regionThe Municipal CouncilMayor’s Office Guides the strategic vision and finances nature-positive actionBarranquilla Environmental Public Establishment (Barranquilla Verde) Leads the establishment of and compliance with climate and nature policies and which regulates the protection of natural resources National governance Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development Provides the national regulatory framework for environmental managementFIGURE 3 Barranquilla nature governance structures and roles2 Assessment of the enabling environment Nature Positive: Cities’ Efforts to Advance the Transition – Barranquilla 22