Ambassador Cindy Larissa Rodríguez, Secretary of State for Law, held an important meeting with the British Ambassador, Nick Whittingham, with the aim of discussing various issues of interest to both countries in the field of cooperation and foreign policy, such as climate change, human rights, transparency and economic prosperity.

Ambassador Rodríguez expressed the UK’s interest in assisting Honduras in the development of projects that support the restoration of coastal marine zones, ecosystems and renewable energy through the Biodiversity Landscapes Fund and the Blue Planet Fund.

Likewise, they request the support of technical resources to develop climate change mitigation work.

Ambassador Whittingham pointed out that, through the Biodiversity Fund, the UK is seeking to support what it calls the south which includes the Trifinio region, including the trinational transboundary biosphere reserves in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, as well as La Mosquitia, where there is already a project cooperation to protect biodiversity and reduce poverty in the country.

The Honduran Diplomat thanked the Memorandum of Understanding for the Fund for Biodiversity Areas between the Ministries of the Environment of the two countries, the Mesoamerican landscape, the Mayan Biosphere Reserve, the Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Reserve, the Mosquita region, and the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve in Honduras.

On the other hand, Ambassador Whittingham considered it feasible to access the Blue Planet Fund, an arrangement that would help protect the marine environment and the Motagua River basin.

Both Ambassador Cindy Rodríguez and Ambassador Whittingham welcomed the adoption of the adaptation, loss and damage fund ratified at COP27, recognizing that they faced a major challenge next year to determine exactly what form the funds should take, which countries should donate and in which funds must be provided. invested.