VIDEO
Date: Wednesday, May 25Time: 9:00- 11:00 am (CST, Costa Rica time)
Agenda
Introduction
Aída Figari. Technical Expert of the LEDS LAC Secretariat, Dragonfly.
Tamaro Kane. Coordinator of the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP), World Bank.
The World Bank's approach to inclusive green growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Carter Brandon. Economist, World Bank (WB).
UNEP's approach to inclusive green growth in LAC. Matias Gallardo Green Economy, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
Inclusive Green Growth in Action: Aid for Trade and Quinoa Trade. Alex Kasterine. Head of Trade and Environment Program, International Trade Centre (UN/WTO).
About the webinar
The Latin American and Caribbean region has functioned as the world's experimental laboratory for inclusive green growth, having implemented clean, efficient, adaptive and socially inclusive innovations such as a low-emission energy matrix, the first regional catastrophic risk insurance service, the payment for environmental services system and the world's most widespread use of the bus rapid transit system. However, the challenge facing the region today is to convert these flashes of innovation into widespread institutional policies and practices.
The objective of this seminar is to stimulate an in-depth discussion on how to leverage collective action towards inclusive green growth. With a panel of leading experts, the seminar provides discussion and debate on key challenges and regional examples of where the pro-poor inclusive approach is being implemented, lessons learned and key knowledge gaps where further collective action is required.
The key questions to be addressed at the seminar are:
- What are the main challenges we face in designing and implementing inclusive green growth in the LAC region?
- What are the lessons and reflections from existing examples in the implementation of inclusive green growth?
How can we collaborate and scale up best practices to ensure green growth is inclusive?
The webinar will be held in Spanish. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat: info@ledslac.org
About the exhibitors
Tamaro Kane
Tamaro Kane coordinates the World Bank's contribution to the Green Growth Knowledge Platform. Prior to her current position, Tamaro was a research assistant in the early recovery, livelihoods, poverty reduction and MDG unit of UNDP Haiti providing technical assistance to conditional cash transfer programs, impact assessments, and the development of a national social protection strategy. She has also worked at the African Development Bank, the Clinton Foundation, and the International Rescue Committee. Tamaro is Senegalese American and holds a Master's degree in International Economic Policy from Paris Political Science and a Master's degree in International Finance from Columbia University.
Carter Brandon
Carter Brandon is Global Lead Economist for the World Bank's Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice. During his twenty years at the World Bank, he has held leadership positions at headquarters in both regions (Latin America and South Asia) and in the field (Beijing and Buenos Aires). His main interests are in the linkages between environment, welfare and growth. He was educated at Harvard University (B.A.) and Oxford University (DPhil, ABD, Agricultural Economics).
Matias Gallardo
Focal point for the Green Economy Initiative and the Finance Initiative of the UNEP Regional Office in Latin America and the Caribbean. He has more than seven years of work in public, private and international organizations on project and program coordination and management. He holds a Master's degree in Political Economy from LSE.
Alex Kasterine
His professional interest lies in the role of markets in ensuring sustainability particularly in the areas of trade, agriculture and biodiversity. Prior to joining CCI in 2002 he worked as a research economist at the University of London and in Mexico for a conservation NGO conducting research on sustainable agricultural systems and markets. Alex holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics from Imperial College London.