UK and São Paulo team up to tackle climate change

Connected Places Catapult have partnered with Ideiagov and Invest SP to run a programme that selects 35 LatAm and UK SMEs with highly innovative solutions to tackle the challenges identified by the State of São Paulo in line with their Climate Action Plan and the recent announcement of the membership to the Race to Zero campaign. These challenges include Reduction of Emissions, Changing the Energy Matrix, Mobility and Sustainable Fuels and Resilient Cities.

The cohort of SMEs is engaging in a series of curated matchmaking and capacity building activities and taking part in Ideiagov’s Impact Acceleration Programme with the view of establishing equitable innovation partnerships. These innovative SMEs will then join investors, place leaders and fellow innovators at our showcase during COP26.

As part of the project, Connected Places Catapult and The Business of Cities are working with the City of Buenos Aires in Argentina and Panama City to identify these city’s most critical challenges preventing decarbonisation and identify UK and local solutions that can help the cities to meet their climate-related targets.

Over the last few months we have presented the project at COP26, as well as launching the net zero profiles of both Buenos Aires and Panama City. You can now rewatch these recordings via the Youtube links below.

If you want to learn more about the programme, please contact Guilherme Johnston, Head of Partnerships, Global Business Growth, guilherme.johnston@cp.catapult.org.uk