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Air quality, climate change and development in Latin America: opportunities for the reduction of short-lived climate pollutants

22 June 2016
9:00- 10:30 am (CST, Costa Rican time)

VIDEO

Day: Wednesday, June 22ndTime: 9:00- 10:30 am (CST, Costa Rican time)

Agenda

Introduction. Aída Figari. Technical Expert of the LEDS LAC Secretariat, Dragonfly.

The climate and clean air coalition to reduce short-lived pollutants. Marisela Ricardez Garcia.Regional Coordinator for LAC, Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).

Integrated assessment of short-lived climate pollutants for Latin America and the Caribbean. Graciela Raga. Co-Chair of the Regional Assessment on CCVC. Center for Atmospheric Sciences of the Autonomous University of Mexico.

Short-lived climate pollutant reduction policies: Mexican perspectives on implementation. Abraham Ortínez. Deputy Director of Industrial Economics, National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC).

Additional material

Integrated assessment of short-lived climate pollutants for Latin America and the Caribbean.

About the webinar

Air quality is an urgent issue in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Around 90 000 premature deaths per year are caused by air pollution and more than 39 000 people die prematurely due to diseases related to intra-wall pollution. This, coupled with the impact that some pollutants have on climate change in the short term, makes action to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) imperative and strategic for the region.

This webinar aims to present the perspective of CCVC policies and actions in the LAC region. Seven countries in the region are already part of the CCAC and participate in the 11 different sectoral and cross-cutting initiatives. As part of the activities, the summary for decision-makers of the first Integrated Assessment of CCVCs for LAC was presented last month; for the first time, information generated in and for the region is available for strategic decision-making. Examples of leadership in the design of policies that integrate long- and short-term mitigation actions exist in the region and are a global reference.

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

About the exhibitors

Marisela Ricardez
She has over 9 years of experience, including working at SEMARNAT, where she was involved in the founding of the CCCA. She holds a Master's degree in Climate Change and International Development from the University of East Anglia, UK. She currently works at the UNEP LAC regional office following up on CCAC activities, climate change and air quality.

Graciela Raga
Meteorologist graduated from the University of Buenos Aires and holds a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington. She joined the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at UNAM in 1995. She has numerous publications and has participated as lead author in IPCC reports. She is currently part of the PISAC initiative to evaluate the effects of pollutants in the Central Andes cryosphere.

Abraham Ortínez
Since 2015 he is in charge of the national network of atmospheric monitoring of black carbon in Mexico jointly with the CCA-UNAM. He works since 2009 at the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change INECC, his lines of research are related to air quality modeling, emission inventories for modeling, the impact of short-lived climate pollutants, air quality and toxic pollutants. He has a Master's degree in Science from UNAM, was awarded the Alfa Scholarship from the European Community to develop his doctoral research project in Oxford and Manchester in the United Kingdom, was a fellow of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), for the management of environmental pollution in mega cities.

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