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Introduction to Solar Radiation Modification: Analysis of Potential Benefits and Risks in the Context of Latin America and the Caribbean
- Date: Wednesday, July 29th, 2020.
- Time: 08:00 - 09:30 am (CST, hour in Costa Rica)
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Agenda
Introduction. Eduardo José Sánchez Sierra. Coordinator of the Secretariat, LEDS LAC Platform.
The role of Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) in mitigating the effects of climate change. Paulo Artaxo. Professor of Physics, University of Sao Paulo.
Research on SRM in Latin America and the Caribbean. Inés Camilloni. Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. |Download presentation
Governance gaps, challenges and possible scenarios. Juan Moreno-Cruz. Associate Professor at the School of Environment, Business and Development, University of Waterloo, Canada. |Download presentation
About the webinar
Current commitments made under the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change are insufficient to keep global warming below 2°C, and according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), much greater ambition is necessary. In response, scientists and other stakeholders are considering the viability several solar radiation modification (SRM) techniques. These aim to reflect solar radiation (sunlight) back into space or allow more heat to escape Earth’s atmosphere in order to counter some of the effects of climate change by reducing the global temperature.
SRM approaches would not address the causes of climate change and so cannot be substitutes for reducing emissions or removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. At best, they might ‘buy time’ while those essential measures are accelerated.
However, the international community does not yet know enough about the risks, costs and potential benefits, or governance requirements, to understand if SRM approaches could be viable, or – if so – whether, when or how to deploy them.
In this context, the webinar will present the principles of stratospheric aerosol injection and marine cloud brightening, two of the main SRM approaches. During the discussion, we will address the potential benefits and risks of SRM, their governance challenges and present the initial findings of ongoing research on the hydrological impacts of SRM in La Plata Basin.
The webinar will be held in Spanish and English. Simultaneous translation will be offered. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat: info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists
Paulo Artaxo
Paulo Artaxo is one of the most influential and internationally quoted Brazilian scientists. He is one of the main authors of several IPCC reports (AR4, AR5, AR6, Land Report). He has an extensive background as a researcher and is a member of several global scientific networks. He has been awarded by the World Academy of Sciences and with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Stockholm. He is also a professor at the University of Sao Paulo and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Inés Camilloni
Dr. Inés Camilloni is lead author of the chapter on Impacts of 1.5°C global warming on natural and human systems in the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (SR15) and the chapter on Short-term climate change: projections and predictability in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). She is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires and a senior researcher at the Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Research (CIMA). She has participated, led and coordinated several recognized national and international research projects related to climate variability and change.
Juan Moreno-Cruz
Associate Professor at the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development and the Canada Research Chair in Energy Transitions at the University of Waterloo. He is also a CESifo Research Affiliate. Prior to his current position, he was an Associate Professor in the School of Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology (2011-2017). He has also been a Visiting Researcher in the Department of Global Ecology of the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University (since 2015); an Advisor for Carnegie Energy Innovation (since 2017), and a Research Associate of Harvard University’s Solar Geoengineering Research Program.
Carbon Dioxide Removal: Why Analyse its Governance Now?
- Date: Wednesday, July 1st, 2020.
- Time: 09:00 - 10:00 am (CST, time in Costa Rica)
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Agenda
Introduction. Eduardo José Sánchez Sierra. Coordinator of the Secretariat, LEDS LAC Platform.
The role of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and how it fits into the full range of climate change response options. Thelma Krug. Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Presentation of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) approaches and governance considerations. Natalia Rubiano. PhD candidate in Sustainability Sciences, University of Lund (Sweden).
About the webinar
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1.5°C Special Report on Global Warming indicates that large-scale removal of carbon dioxide must be part of the international strategy to keep the temperature increase well below 2°C to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The pathways proposed in the Special Report involve a combination of biological and technological approaches to large-scale Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR). While the use of CDR has been incorporated in the IPCC pathways, the Report emphasises that all these approaches still involve uncertainties regarding feasibility and sustainability and represent significant governance challenges.
The webinar will provide an overview of the main findings of the IPCC regarding large-scale CDR approaches and will present the scope of some of the main CDR techniques, both biological and technological. It will also give participants an overview of the potential benefits and risks that these approaches could bring to biodiversity, air, groundwater, soil and food sovereignty, as well as the governance challenges associated with the large-scale deployment of these techniques.
The webinar will be held in Spanish with simultaneous translation in English. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat: info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists
Decarbonizing Transport in an Emerging Economy in times of Covid-19: initial ideas of the Argentinean case
Agenda
Introduction. Carolina Chantrill. Coordinator of the LEDS LAC Transport Working Group and Pedro Scarpinelli. Coordinator of the Clean Logistics Community of Practice, Sustentar Association.
Decarbonizing Transport in Emerging Economies Project in Argentina. Joshua Patermina Blanco. Research Official, International Transport Forum (ITF).
Francisco Furtado. Modeler Analyst, International Transport Forum (ITF).
About the webinar
The transport sector accounts for 23% of the total emissions of carbon dioxide related to energy. According to a SLoCaT report, the freight segment has suffered an increment of 75% of its emissions between 2000 and 2015, and it is expected to continue growing. The covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of transport strengthening growing trends of the e-commerce demand.
In this webinar, progress of the project of Decarbonizing Transport in Emerging Economies (DTEE) in Argentina. The DTEE project is a joint effort between the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the Wuppertal Institute (WI), which objective is helping governments and stakeholders to identify measures in transport and define the means to reduce emissions and comply with the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).
In July 2020, a virtual conference will be held to continue conversations on road freight, railways, inland waterways, among others. This dialogue will focus on strategies that allow for building resiliency and re activating the economy in the context of covid-19 impacts. The webinar will be held in Spanish. For more information click here. If you have any questions, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform at info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists
Joshua Patermina Blanco
Joshua is Research Official at the International Transport Forum (ITF-OECD). His work at ITF is centered in sustainability and mobility at the urban and interurban scales, particularly under the framework of the ITF Decarbonizing Transport initiative (DTi). Previous to ITF, Joshua worked over three year on social development, environmental sustainability and urban sustainable mobility. He has a BSc in Political Sciences from SciencePo, France. He also holds an MSc in Urban Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom, and a professional specialization in Smart Mobility from the École des Ponts ParisTech.
Francisco Furtado
Francisco is a modeler/analyst at the International Transport Forum (ITF) in the OECD and Argentina, lead for the Decarbonizing Transport in Emerging Economies project. He has worked on shared mobility, decarbonizing transport and freight modelling. Recently he launched a book on “The Railways in Portugal: Past, present and future”. He is a civil engineer with experience in planning and management of major civil construction projects, including transport infrastructure. He has a PhD and Master’s in Transportation Systems from Instituto Superior Técnico in the MIT Portugal program.
Public Transport and Urban Mobility in Times of COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for Low Emission Mobility
Public Transport and Urban Mobility in Times of COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for Low Emission Mobility
- Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2020.
- Time: 09:00 – 10:30 am (CST, time in Costa Rica)
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Agenda
Introduction. Carolina Chantrill. Coordinator of the LEDS LAC Transport Working Group and Pedro Scarpinelli. Coordinator of the LEDS LAC Electric Mobility Community of Practice, Sustentar Association.
Affordable transportation services for all in COVID-19 (and post COVID-19) times. María Eugenia Rivas. Transport Economist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). | Download presentation
Challenges of public policy for mobility in the face of health emergencies. Álvaro Guzmán. Consultant, Cercana. | Download presentation
Layers of urban mobility. Juan Palacio. Country Manager for Latin America, Moovit. | Download presentation
About the webinar
In the face of the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, the transport sector faces new challenges in ensuring basic essential services and a safe way to travel. In this context, this webinar aims to analyze the impact of the health emergency on public transport and urban mobility, as a trigger for the identification of future challenges and opportunities for low emission mobility.
The webinar aims to be a space for dialogue in which, from three different and complementary perspectives, the effects of COVID-19 on public transport and urban mobility are analyzed and their implications for the future are reflected upon. To this end, the situation will be analyzed from the economic approach to transport, the conception and development of public urban mobility policies and from the private technology and transport sector as a driving force for innovation.
Finally, there will be a space for exchange with participants to reflect on the impacts, challenges and potential opportunities after the pandemic to develop clean, sustainable and safe urban mobility. The webinar will be held in Spanish. If you have any questions, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform at info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists
María Eugenia Rivas
Álvaro Guzmán
Juan Palacio
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
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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
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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.
