Webinars

Future scenarios to deal with complexity and uncertainty in the development of plans and policies for climate change

VIDEO

Date: Wednesday April 13thTime: 9:00- 10:30 AM (CST, time in Costa Rica)

Agenda

Introduction. Ana Maria Majano. Coordinator of the LEDS LAC Secretariat, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE).

Deissy Martinez Barón. Scientific Officer, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Latin America.

Future scenarios; an inclusive tool to guide and strengthen plans, investments and policies for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Marieke Veeger. Regional Coordinator of the Program on Future Scenarios for the Latin America region. CCAFS, University for International Cooperation (UCI).

The development of the National Contribution (INDC) of Costa Rica: a process of national dialogue based on multiple methods and socio-economic futures scenarios.
Pascal Girot
. National Coordinator of Capacity Building of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (AMAs) Program, Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE)/ United Nations Program for Development (UNDP)
Franklin Paniagua. Methodological facilitator of the INDC creation process, MINAE / UNDP, Costa Rica

Presentations

Download the presentation “Future scenarios; an inclusive tool to guide and strengthen plans, investments and policies for climate change adaptation and mitigation – Marieke Veeger” (in Spanish) here

Download the presentation “Policies and processes for making more informed decisions in the agricultural sector in a changing climate – Deissy Martinez Barón” here

Download the presentation “The development of the National Contribution (INDC) of Costa Rica – Pascual Girot, Franklin Paniagua” here

Documents

Download the “Case Study: The formulation process for the Nationally Determined Contributions (iNDC) for Costa Rica” (in Spanish) here.

Download the document: “Shifitng the Paradigm: The future narratives guide the development of the iNDC’s in Costa Rica” (in Spanishg) here.

About the webinar

Adaptation to climate change and mitigation of greenhouse gases should ideally begin with a long term planning process. Uncertainty about future social, economic, political and climatic changes and the complexity of the systems of which they are part, make the development of effective and robust plans and policies a challenge. Building scenarios based on relevant future change drivers and uncertainties for the scope of these policies, with the leadership of key stakeholders in multiple sectors, disciplines and geographic levels, enables working with this uncertainty and exploring alternative development paths with a systemic approach.

This webinar discusses the importance of developing scenarios in a participatory way, as a basis for the development of effective climate policies, and will presents the experience of Costa Rica in using this type of scenarios for the design of their Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC).

The webinar was held in Spanish. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat: info@ledslac.org.

About the speakers

Deissy Martinez Barón
She is an economist and professional in international relations and political studies at the Military University of New Granada in Colombia with emphasis on Rural Development. Her experience includes work in Colombian governmental entities such as the National Planning Department (DNP) and the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) on the analysis of the economic impacts of climate change and environmental national accounts.

Marieke Veeger
Geographer and researcher in scenarios and policies and a graduate of the Vrije Universiteit of the Netherlands. She has led development processes of public policies based on future scenarios in Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia.

Pascal Girot
He is Sectorial Coordinator for Climate Change at the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica. Has worked as an international consultant for UNDP, UNEP, IADB, FAO and IUCN. In particular, his work in Latin America and the Caribbean has focused on environmental and climate policy, land use planning and protected areas, with special emphasis in disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change.

Franklin Paniagua
Has over 21 years experience in negotiation, facilitation and mediation of conflicts in the public interest. He has developed professional courses on management of conflict of public interest and collaboration in the management of natural resources, particularly protected areas. Franklin holds a degree in Law from the University of Costa Rica, Law and an MA from the University of Florida, where he is pursuing a doctorate.

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