Day: Tuesday, December 6th
Time: 10-11:30 am (time in Lima, Peru)
Agenda
Introduction. Ana María Majano. Coordinator of the LEDS LAC Secretariat, Tropical Agronomic Center for Research and Teaching (CATIE).
The Regional Mechanism for the Adoption of Climate proofing in public iInfrastructure in the countries of the Central American Integration System. Luis Diego Segura. Consultant, Central American Institute of Public Administration (ICAP). | Download Presentation
The implementation of climate proofing in public infrastructure at the local level: The examples of San Carlos in Panama and Conchagua in El Salvador. Adriana Bonilla. Consultant, ICAP. | Download Presentation
About the Webinar
Climate Proofing is a technical option for adaptation, which aims at maintaining the capacity of a system to function while the climate changes, ensuring the sustainability of investments (UNDP, 2010). It has the purpose of reduce climate risks to acceptable levels, through the incorporation of long lasting and environmentally friendly changes, which are economically viable and socially acceptable in one or more of the stages of the project cycle (Asian Development Bank, 2005).
In this webinar, we will learn about the “Regional Mechanism for Integrated Risk Management and Adoption of Climate Proofing in Public Infrastructure”, a project implemented by the Central American Institute of Public Administration (ICAP) and the Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention en Central America (CEPREDENAC), with financing from the Inter-American Development Bank. The presentation includes application cases in San Carlos of Panama and Conchagua of El Salvador.
The webinar will be held in Spanish. For more information on the webinar, click here. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the Secretariat of the LEDS LAC Platform: info@ledslac.org
About the panelists
Luis Diego Segura
Internationalist, expert in management of international cooperation and local governance projects. Regional officer for the climate proofing project.
Adriana Bonilla
Geographer, expert in risk management and climate change. Consultant of the climate proofing adoption project.