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Webinar for practitioners in Latin America and the Caribbean
Agenda
Introduction. Eduardo José Sánchez Sierra. Coordinator of the Secretariat, LEDS LAC Platform.
Climate change and public policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges for compliance with the Paris Agreement. Joseluis Samaniego. Chief of the Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). | Download presentation
Using the EN-ROADS simulator to reach the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Eduardo Fracassi. Ambassador, Climate Interactive.
Closing remarks. Alia Hassan. Outreach Officer, Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G).
About the webinar
In its Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C, the IPCC incorporated Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) into its emissions pathways. As discussions about climate-altering technologies and their governance gain ground in climate change negotiation spaces, it is important that practitioners in the region gather sufficient information to defend their position in these discussions.
In this context, ECLAC, in the framework of the EUROCLIMA+ Programme, the LEDS LAC Platform and C2G are developing a series of webinars aiming to strengthen regional capacities about these technologies, to understand the risks and benefits they entail, the impact that they could have on achieving the SDGs and the challenges associated with their governance.
To kick-off this series, this first webinar will address the current challenges in the region for meeting its objectives under the Paris Agreement. In addition, we will be presenting the EN-ROADS climate policy simulator developed by Climate Interactive, Ventana Systems and MIT Sloan. Through the use of this simulator, climate change practitioners will create public policy scenarios to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement.
This workshop will be available in both English and Spanish. If you have any doubts or queries, please write to the LEDS LAC Platform at info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists
Joseluis Samaniego
Eduardo Fracassi
Additional Resources
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Public Policy on Low Emissions and Electric Mobility in Bogota, Colombia
Public Policy on Low Emissions and Electric Mobility in Bogota, Colombia
- Date: Wednesday, April 29th, 2020.
- Time: 09:00 – 10:30 am (CST, time in Costa Rica)
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Agenda
Welcome. Carolina Chantrill and Pedro Scarpinelli. Coordinators of the Community of Practice on Electric Mobility of the LEDS LAC Platform, Sustentar Association.
Public policy on low emission urban mobility. Lina Marcela Quiñones Sánchez. Director of Intelligence for Mobility, District Secretariat of Mobility of Bogotá. |Download presentation
Implementation of Infrastructure and Electric Fleet Actions in the Transmillenio System. Sofia Zarama. Head of Planning, Transmilenio S.A. |Download presentation
Implementation of Projects and Challenges to Massify Electric Mobility. Mauricio Miranda Ojeda. Director of Electrical Mobility, Enel Codensa. |Download presentation
About the webinar
This webinar aims to share the development and progress of the Zero and Low Emission Mobility Public Policy in the city of Bogota, Colombia. As a consequence of the increased use of motor vehicles in Bogotá, there are high concentrations of particulate matter and greenhouse gas emissions, generating deterioration of air quality and increased risks for respiratory diseases. Likewise, it reinforces the path contrary to Colombia’s commitment to the fulfillment of the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Achieving a public policy requires specific strategies and actions that are articulated and designed jointly by the co-responsible entities and that are aligned with the strategies for mobility of zero and low emission technologies proposed at the global and national level. This webinar presents to the District Secretary of Mobility, who directs the development of this public policy, the actions implemented in public transport through the presentation of Transmilenio, and finally, how these two articulate their actions with the energy sector, through a presentation of ENEL CODENSA. The webinar will be in Spanish. If you have any doubts or queries, please write to the LEDS LAC Platform at info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists

Lina Marcela Quiñones Sánchez

Sofía Zarama

Mauricio Miranda Ojeda
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Emission reduction opportunities in efficient materials management
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Emission reduction opportunities in efficient materials management
- Date: Wednesday, March 18th, 2020.
- Time: 09:00 – 10:30 am (CST, time in Costa Rica)
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Agenda
Welcome and moderation. Agustina Besada & Karen Tscherning. Resource Efficiency Working Group Coordinators. Asociación SustentAR & GIZ. | Download presentation
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future. María José Baptista. Economic Affairs Officer, Secretariat of the International Resource Panel within the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). | Download presentation
Colombia´s Circular Economy National Strategy. Catalina Romano Castañeda. Environmental Sector and Urban Division of the Environment and Sustainable Development Ministry of Colombia. | Download presentation
About the webinar
There is growing global recognition of the importance of resource-efficient strategies as a contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The UN’s International Resource Panel (IRP) has recently published the report “Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future” which assesses the contribution of material efficiency as a strategy to reduce GHG emissions. In this framework, the circular economy appears as one of the strategies being implemented by both governmental and private organizations, to design and redesign systems in order to improve efficiency, reduce pollution and regenerate natural systems.
This webinar is conducted in collaboration with the Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It will present the main results and strategies promoted by the International Resource Panel – UNEP – in the publication of its last report, and the experience of Colombia in the implementation of the Circular Economy National Strategy. The webinar will be held in Spanish. If you have any doubt or question, please write to LEDS LAC Platform at info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists

María José Baptista
Catalina Romano Castañeda
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Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Policies in Latin America: Experiences from a Regional Community of Practice
Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Policies in Latin America: Experiences from a Regional Community of Practice
- Date: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020.
- Time: 09:00 – 10:30 am (CST, time in Costa Rica)
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Agenda
Welcome. Ana María Majano. LEDS LAC Platform
About the M&E Community of Practice. Beatriz García-Pozuelo. Senior Technician Climate Governance Component – EUROCLIMA+, International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP).
Lessons from the M&E CoP. Aida Figari. Technical Expert of the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat, Libelula Peru. | Download presentation
Experiences from practitioners and the link to national processes:
Costa Rica: M&E System for the National Adaptation Policy. Nazareth Porras. Head of Cooperation with the European Union and Environmental Funds, Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy (MIDEPLAN) | Download presentation
About the webinar
The Community of Practice on Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Policies (M&E CoP) which is facilitated by the EUROCLIMA+ program through FIIAPP and the LEDS LAC Platform, was launched in 2018 to address the need, identified by Latin American countries, of counting robust, well designed and practical M&E systems for climate policies and action plans. These systems are key parts, both to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the adaptation and mitigation processes, by incorporating new information and lessons learnt and to verify and report in a transparent way, the compliance of the commitments in tne United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Paris Agreement and other multilateral agreements.
With this in mind, and with the participation of 17 Latin American countries, for the past two years, the M&E CoP has organized online exchange sessions and in-person meetings to exchange experiences and strengthen capacities in priority topics such as the M&E systems governance, the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Agreement, adaptation metrics, among others. In this process, valuable lessons learnt have been collected and will be shared during this webinar.
The webinar will be held in Spanish. If you have any questions, please write to the LEDS LAC Platform at info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists

Beatriz García-Pozuelo

Nazareth Porras
Sustainable Logistics in Latin America: Regional Initiatives and Success Stories
Sustainable Logistics in Latin America: Regional Initiatives and Success Stories
- Date: Wednesday, November 27th, 2019.
- Time: 09:00 – 10:30 am (CST, Costa Rican time)
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Agenda
Introduction and moderation. Rodrigo Rodriguez Tornquist. Coordinator of the Transport Working Group, LEDS LAC Platform. | Download presentation
EcoLogistics Initiative: low-emission freight transport for sustainable cities. Camila Chabar. Climate Change Coordinator, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability South America. | Download presentation
Efficient Transportation: Mexico’s experiences with the private sector. Francisco Javier García Osorio. Director of Mobility and Transport, National Commission for the Efficient Use of Energy (CONUEE). | Download presentation
Experience of the company ZARCAM in mitigation actions in the logistics sector. Ernesto Tentori. Head of Integrated Management System, ZARCAM Argentina. | Download presentation
About the webinar
Freight vehicles are a key segment in the global contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They are responsible for 2.6 gigatonnes (Gt) of CO2 emissions, i.e. 7% of energy-related emissions (IEA, 2017). 76% of the 165 NDCs presented involve transport as a source of mitigation (SloCat, 2018). Strengthening NDCs will require an effective approach to the sector.
Understanding how different savings measures can be worked on is fundamental to monitoring freight operations and analysing where greater efficiency can be achieved. It is key to increase knowledge and understanding of the importance of the different tools in a holistic manner.
In this sense, three projects will be presented in the thematic area. First, the low-emission freight transport programme, EcoLogistics of the organisation Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) and its initiatives in Colombia and Argentina. Then, the National Commission for the Efficient Use of Energy of Mexico (CONUEE, for its acronym in Spanish) will explain the strategies they are implementing for sustainable logistics programs, pioneers in Latin America. Finally, the measures implemented for fuel saving by the logistics operator Zarcam, founding partner of the Intelligent Transport Program in Argentina, will be presented. The webinar will be held in Spanish language. For additional information, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat at info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists

Camila Chabar

Francisco Javier García Osorio

Ernesto Tentori
Circular Economy: Diagnosis Tool and Success Case in Latin America
Circular Economy: Diagnosis Tool and Success Case in Latin America
- Date: Wednesday, November 20th, 2019.
- Time: 09:00 – 10:30 am (CST, time in Costa Rica)
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Agenda
Introduction. Agustina Besada, Co-coordinator of the Resource Efficiency Working Group and Executive Director of Asociación Sustentar, and Karen Tscherning, Co-coordinator of the Resource Efficiency Working Group and Advisor of the Initiative Resource Efficiency and Climate Protection & the Initiative Resource Efficiency and Climate Action (GIZ). | Download presentation
Diagnosis Tool for Circular Economy. Ana Muro. Coordinator of the Society and Enterprise Area, Argentine Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEADS). | Download presentation
Case of Circular Economy of a Mass Consumption Company. Catalina Jones. Project Analyst of the Sustainability Management Department, Arcor Group. | Download presentation
About the webinar
In the context of resource efficiency and the need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the circular economy appears as a solid alternative for designing and redesigning systems to improve efficiency, reduce pollution and regenerate natural systems.
In the transition from a linear to a circular economy, diagnostic tools are often lacking to analyze the current or initial situation in an objective manner, in order to understand and evaluate the best strategies to implement to achieve greater circularity.
This webinar will present a diagnostic tool for the circular economy developed by the Argentine Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEADS, for its acronym in Spanish) with the support of GIZ, to evaluate business initiatives in an objective and replicable manner in terms of innovation, degree of maturity, impact and scalability of practices, among other aspects. Likewise, the case of Arcor, a Latin American mass consumption company that has successfully adopted circular economy strategies in its operations, will be presented. The webinar will be held in Spanish. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LAC LEDS Platform Secretariat: info@ledslac.org
About the panelists

Ana Muro

Catalina Jones
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Linking NDCs to long-term strategies in Latin America
Linking NDCs to Long-term Strategies in Latin America
- Date: Wednesday, November 13th, 2019.
- Time: 09:00 – 10:30 am (CST, time in Costa Rica)
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Agenda
Welcome. Aida Figari. Technical expert of LEDS LAC Secretariat, Libélula Perú.
Leveraging Nationally Determined Contributions and long-term strategies to implement the Paris Agreement. Juan Carlos Altamirano. Economist, World Resources Institute. | Download presentation
Mexico’s experience increasing climate ambition through the development of long-term low-emission development strategies. Claudia Octaviano. General Coordinator of Climate Change Mitigation, National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change of Mexico (INECC). | Download presentation
The Decarbonization Plan of Costa Rica. Felipe de León Denegri. Advisor, Directorate of Climate Change of the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica. | Download presentation
About the webinar
Long-term low emissions development strategies (LTS) are a crucial policy tool that can help place short-term actions in the context of the long-term structural changes needed to transition towards a low-carbon, resilient economy by 2050. Moreover, they can help to explore the consequences of policy choices in terms of integrated socio-economic objectives. These strategies will play an important role in guiding countries toward limiting warming to 1.5-2°C above pre-industrial levels and enhancing of nationally determined contributions (NDCs).
As countries develop their revised NDCs, aligning near-term NDC goals with long-term planning instruments will enable them to avoid short-term investments and decisions that may lock them into undesired pathways (WRI 2017). This webinar will focus specifically on the benefits of aligning short and long-term planning and the specific ways in which partners and member countries have approached this. The webinar will be held in Spanish. If you have any questions, please write to the LEDS LAC Platform at info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists

Juan Carlos Altamirano

Claudia Octaviano
Felipe de León Denegri
Implications of the Paris Agreement on Stranded Assets in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Gas-fired Power Plants and Oil Reserves
Implications of the Paris Agreement on Stranded Assets in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Gas-fired Power Plants and Oil Reserves
- Date: Wednesday, October 30th, 2019.
- Time: 09:00 – 10:30 am (Time in Costa Rica, CST)
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Agenda
Welcome. Aida Figari. Technical expert of the LEDS LAC Secretariat, Libélula Peru.
Long-term decarbonization strategies: an instrument to anticipate and avoid stranded assets in the transition to zero net emissions. Adrien Vogt-Schilb. Senior Economist, Inter-American Development Bank.
Implications of climate targets for oil production and tax revenues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Baltazar Solano-Rodriguez. Senior Researcher in Energy Systems Modeling, UCL Energy Institute (University College London). | Download presentation
Committed emissions and the risk of stranded assets in the Latin American and Caribbean electricity sector. Esperanza González-Mahecha. Climate change consultant, Inter-American Development Bank. | Download presentation
About the webinar
A zero-carbon economy is necessary to stabilize the climate. It is worth saying that this economy is technically feasible and comes with opportunities for the development of Latin American countries. However, the energy transition can generate losers and winners, which can make its implementation politically difficult.
For example, several countries in the region depend on oil tax revenues, but demand may be affected by the global transition to electric vehicles, renewable energy and the implementation of the Paris Agreement. A study by the IDB and UCL shows that 66-81% of oil reserves in LAC could remain untapped by 2035, which could cost the region up to $4 trillion in royalties.
Another example is the electricity sector. A second study accounts for the CO2 emissions that will be emitted during the operation of existing and planned power plants during their useful life. This study concludes that 10% to 16% of existing power plants may need to be “abandoned” to meet the goals of the Paris agreement, and that building more gas, oil or coal-fired plants in the region may be inconsistent with these goals.
This webinar will explain how long-term decarbonization strategies can be an instrument to anticipate and avoid stranded assets in the transition to zero net emissions. The webinar will be held in Spanish. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LAC LEDS Platform Secretariat: info@ledslac.org
About the panelists

Adrien Vogt-Schilb

Baltazar Solano-Rodríguez

Esperanza González-Mahecha
This webinar is co-organized with:
