Colombia has joined the UK Government’s 2050 Calculator programme being delivered by Mott MacDonald and partners

The Colombia Directorate of Climate Change and Risk Management is collaborating with the UK Government on an update to the Colombian 2050 Calculator energy and emissions model, under the 2050 Calculator extension programme.

The UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) appointed engineering and development consultancy, Mott MacDonald, to deliver the £3M, three-year 2050 Calculator extension programme, leading a consortium which includes Imperial College London, Climact and Ricardo. The programme supports developing country governments to build their own version of the UK’s 2050 Calculator model – a tool which allows users to trial different options for reducing emissions at a faster rate and to build a pathway that meets long-term emission targets to 2050.

Unlike other energy models, the 2050 Calculator is a uniquely open, transparent and interactive tool that can be used by governments, stakeholders and the public alike to understand how to decarbonise a region or country, and to develop evidence-based policies. It was originally developed for use in the UK; now, there are more than 60 countries, territories and cities across the world covered by Calculators.

The Colombia 2050 Calculator programme officially kicked off on May 6, driving an ambitious initiative to mitigate climate change and meet emission targets in one of Latin America’s fastest-growing economies. Consulting, engineering and architecture professional services firm, IDOM, is the Downstream Partner for the Colombian programme from its offices in Bogota.

Colombia joins Vietnam, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, the Philippines and Kenya on the extension programme; while the original programme supported 10 countries to create 2050 Calculators.