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LATAM Roundup: Carbon pricing instruments caught in LATAM’s rightward political recalibration

Published 01:06 on February 3, 2026 / Last updated at 01:06 on February 3, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean), International (Paris Article 6/PACM), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry, Other NbS), Net Zero Transition (Investment, Reporting & Disclosure, Power/Electrification), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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Costa Rica became the latest Latin American country to elect a right-leaning president over the weekend, reinforcing a regional political shift that has left carbon pricing instruments suspended less by ideology than by questions of institutional capacity and revenue generation.
Costa Rica became the latest Latin American country to elect a right-leaning president over the weekend, reinforcing a regional political shift that has left carbon pricing instruments suspended less by ideology than by questions of institutional capacity and revenue generation.


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