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Finance in Latin America and Caribbean NDCs
- Date: Wednesday, September 9th, 2020.
- Time: 09:00 - 10:30 am CST (Costa Rica time)
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Agenda
Introduction. Eduardo José Sánchez Sierra. Coordinator of the Secretariat, LEDS LAC Platform.
Latin America and Caribbean Finance Needs.
Jamie Bindon. Knowledge and Learning Project Coordinator, NDC Partnership.
Eileen Knowles. Knowledge and Outreach Specialist, NDC Partnership.
Country Experience: Grenada. Dr. Spencer Thomas. Grenada Facilitator, NDC Partnership Support Unit.
The experience of Inter-American Development Bank. Raul Delgado. Climate Change and NDC Invest Lead Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank. | Download presentation |
Closing Remarks. Cayetano Casado. Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Manager for the NDC Partnership Support Unit, NDC Partnership.
About the webinar
Climate finance plays a crucial role in supporting the implementation and enhancement of countries’ national climate commitments to the Paris Agreement. A key challenge to accessing climate finance lies in both the limited resources and technical capacity of countries to increase the financial readiness of their projects and institutions and create enabling environments conducive to investment. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is no exception, where increasing technical capacity to develop project pipelines and attract green investment are frequently requested areas of support made by NDC Partnership countries in the region.
The objective of this webinar is to provide an overview of Latin America and Caribbean needs and identify potential opportunities for support and foster the overall climate agenda in 2020. As part of the webinar, Grenada will share their NDC finance needs, considerations made when crafting their NDC Partnership Plan, including NDC revision and enhancement. The IDB will also provide insights on their work on finance response requests and focused financial technical support and services provided in the LAC region. The webinar will be held in Spanish. If you have any questions, please write to LEDS LAC Platform at info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists
Jamie Bindon
Jamie Bindon is the Project Coordinator for the NDC Partnership Support Unit, she supports the development and distribution of the Partnership’s knowledge products. Prior to joining the NDC Partnership, Jamie worked on the USAID ASSIST project, supporting activities and data management for the 8 Latin American country offices. Jamie previously worked with the youth-leadership NGO Amigos de las Americas, where she oversaw sustainable community development projects and co-led multinational ‘campamentos’ in Costa Rican national parks, carrying out trail-work and conservation efforts. While completing her degree, Jamie was a Climate & Energy and Recreation Intern in the Government Relations department at The Wilderness Society. Jamie holds a B.A. in International Studies and Spanish from American University.
Eileen Knowles
Eileen Knowles is the Knowledge and Outreach Specialist of the NDC Partnership Support Unit, where she supports the Climate Action Enhancement Package (CAEP) offering, focusing on NDC revision and ambition raising. Prior to joining the Partnership, Eileen was the Manager of Special Projects at CDP and later worked as a strategy consultant for CDP’s Reporting Services and Supply Chain teams. Previously, she was Global Director of Program Experience at Global Citizen Year where she was responsible for refining program design and designing scalable global curriculum and evaluations systems for 100+ fellows in 4 countries. She also held the position of Executive Director at Education Generation, a crowd-funding platform supporting scholarships for young leaders in 10 developing countries. Eileen is a Sustainability and Management Consultant, with a Post-Graduate Degree in Latin American Human Rights and Public Policy from Collège Universitaire Henry Dunant and a Master´s of Science in Sustainability and Management from Columbia University.
Spencer Thomas
Dr. Spencer Thomas, NDC Partnership In-Country Facilitator for Grenada, is a former Financial Secretary and Economic Policy Adviser in the Ministry of Finance of Grenada. Dr. Thomas holds a doctorate in Energy Economics from Howard University, master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Economics from Iowa State University and Howard University respectively, and a post-doctoral master’s degree in Telecommunications Regulation and Policy from the University of the West Indies. As consultant he will provide support to the Government of Grenada in the implementation and enhancement of the NDC and will assist with the advancement of the NDC Partnership Plan and NDC Partnership engagement in Grenada.
Raúl Delgado
Raúl Delgado is a Lead Specialist in Climate Change at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) where he participates in the planning and execution of the agenda of the Climate Change Division and leads the NDC Invest Platform, which is the collective effort of the IDB Group to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement, assisting countries in the design and implementation of their policies, goals and commitments related to climate change. An economist, he has extensive experience in public policies, multilateral financing and structuring of public projects, working for more than 18 years in the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico. Raúl led the institutional strategy and the coordination of credit activities and technical assistance with international financial institutions. During that time (2007-2011 and 2015-2017) he was also Focal Point and Member of the Council of Mexico for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Member of the Board of the Green Climate Fund, as well as a focal point for the Climate Investment Funds. Between 2011-2014 he held the position of Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of Mexico at the IDB.
Cayetano Casado
Cayetano Casado is the Country Engagement Regional Specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the NDC Partnership Support Unit. He supports the implementation of the NDC Partnership Country Engagement Strategy in member countries throughout the region and represents the Partnership at national and regional events. Prior to joining the NDC Partnership, Cayetano worked for seven years in the LAC region with the UN Development Programme (UNDP). For five years he was an environment and energy officer in UNDP Cuba where he undertook climate change mitigation and adaptation project development, resources mobilization, and supervision of implementation. Cayetano is an agricultural engineer, graduated from the University of Cordoba (2003) and has a master’s in environmental management from the School of Forestry and Environment Studies at Yale University (2010).
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Proposal of Fiscal Policy Guidelines for Distributed Generation from Solar Photovoltaic Energy in Guatemala
Agenda
Introduction. Eduardo José Sanchez Sierra. Coordinator of the Secretariat, Plataforma LEDS LAC.
Project “Mechanisms and Networks of Technology Transfer related to Climate Change for Latin America and the Caribbean. Renato Oña Pólit. Coordinator of Renewable Energies, Bariloche Foundation. | DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
Study: “Analysis and technical foundation for the formulation of a proposal for fiscal policy guidelines to promote the use and exploitation of distributed electricity generation from solar photovoltaic energy” in Guatemala.
Craig James Menzies. Leader of the energy department, FACTOR.
Jorge Asturias. Project Leader, FACTOR.
Aspects and details of the contribution of the study carried out to the vision of the EFA. Herman Elías Juan Sebastián Blas García. Director of Analysis and Fiscal Policy, Ministry of Public Finance of Guatemala. | DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION
About the webinar
Fiscal policy seeks sustainable economic growth by financing the provision of public goods to increase the population’s well-being. In Guatemala this is developed by the Ministry of Public Finance (MINFIN), which has promulgated and implements the “Environmental Fiscal Strategy” (EFA), which promotes the design of state policies aimed at changing habits in the Guatemalan population, seeking access to sources of funding that prioritize adaptation and mitigation to climate change.
This webinar will present the results of the study: “Analysis and technical basis for the formulation of a proposal of fiscal policy instruments to increase access to electricity by distributed generation with solar photovoltaic in rural-urban and interconnected regions, to contribute to economic growth and development by attracting investment, business development and entrepreneurship”, which will be useful to add contributions to the EFA. This study is part of the project: “Mechanisms and Networks of Transference related to the Climate Change for Latin America and the Caribbean” developed by the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), executed by the Bariloche Foundation, and implemented by FACTOR.
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 panelists
Renato Oña Pólit
Engineer in electronics, automation and control graduated from the ESPE in Ecuador, with an executive master's degree in renewable energies from the EOI in Madrid with a scholarship granted by the IDAE in Spain, a master's degree in sustainable environmental management from the Camilo José Cela University and a diploma in project management from the TEC in Monterrey; with more than 12 years of experience in energy access projects and management models for rural electrification, proposals for public policy instruments and regulatory and commercial frameworks for renewable energies in Latin America.
Craig James Menzies
Director of the Factor Energy Department. He has 12 years of professional experience working in the energy sectors of Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, for clients such as multilateral development banks, national governments and private sector companies and investment consortia. He holds a degree in Geosciences from the University of Edinburgh (UK), and a Masters in Sustainable Development from the University of Strathclyde (UK).
Jorge Asturias
He has over 17 years of professional experience in the area of policy, research, development and management of projects related to energy and sustainable development. He was Director of Studies and Projects of the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) in Quito, Ecuador and the first Coordinator of OLADE for Central America. He worked as Advisor to the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Guatemala. He has a master’s degree in Politics and International Business from the Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala and a Post-graduate degree in Energy Policies and Sustainable Development from INCAE Business School in Costa Rica.
Herman Elías Juan Sebastián Blas García
Director of Analysis and Fiscal Policy of the MINFIN of Guatemala. He is an economist graduated from the Mariano Galvez University with extensive experience in the Guatemalan public finance sector and in the Central American region.
Additional Resources
Project "Climate Change Technology Transfer Mechanisms and Networks in Latin America and the Caribbean"
http://fundacionbariloche.org.ar/proyecto-gef-bid-fb/objetivos/
Executive Summary
Analysis and technical foundation for the formulation of a proposal of fiscal policy guidelines that promote the use and exploitation of electricity generation distributed to from photovoltaic solar energy
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
Additional Resources
PREPARACIÓN PARA LA PLANIFICACIÓN
More information: https://www.c2g2.net/publications/
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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.
