Large-scale CO2 Removal: Governance, Risks and Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean
Date: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019.Time: 09:00 – 10:30 am (Time in Costa Rica, CST)Verify the time according to your location: http://bit.ly/2ODYGnh
Agenda
Welcome. Aida Figari. Technical expert of the Secretariat of LEDS LAC, Libélula Perú.
Large-scale CO2 elimination: techniques and governance implications in the context of Low Emission Development Strategies. Thelma Krug. Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). | Download presentation
The state of climate in soils and oceans: a perspective from the IPCC. Paulo Artaxo. Professor of Physics, University of Sao Paulo.
Comments by Manuel Pulgar-Vidal. Climate and Energy Leader, WWF International.
About the webinar
The Paris Agreement aims to hold temperature increase well below 2.0°C – further to 1.5°C. The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (SR15) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), refines the message of its 5th assessment report (2014) that large scale carbon removal has to be part of the global effort to balance out emissions left after ambitious reduction efforts to reach net-zero. To stay within 1.5°C, this has to occur within 30 years. Compatible pathways involve a mix of large scale biological and/or technological carbon removal processes (referred to as CDR). The report recognizes that all these techniques still involve uncertainties around feasibility, sustainability, and represent major governance challenges.
The webinar will provide an overview of the main findings of the IPCC in relation to large scale CDR techniques, their governance challenges, all in in relation to Low Emission Development Strategies. 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
Main researcher at the National Institute for Space Research of Brazil, and one of the three vice-presidents of the IPCC since 2015. She represented Brazil in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations during more than 15 years, particularly on issues related to land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), research and systematic observation, and reporting guidelines. She is the author of several publications related to climate change and forests and has participated in the development of innovative methodologies for reforestation under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).One of Brazil’s most influential and internationally cited 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 the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Stockholm. He is also an Associate Professor at the University of Sao Paulo and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.He was Minister of Environment in Peru and President of the UNFCCC – COP20. As a lawyer with more than 27 years of experience in the areas of environmental law and policy, he founded the Peruvian Society of Environmental Law in 1986, where he served as Executive Director for 20 years. He has participated in the development of environmental policy frameworks in many countries, as an advisor to decision-makers and many project initiatives. He has also managed several organizations and is a recognized leader in environmental management issues.
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