Day: Wednesday, March 7, 2018.Time: 09:00 - 10:30 am (Costa Rican time)
Agenda
Introduction. Ana María Majano. Secretariat Coordinator, LEDS LAC Platform.
The Cities Footprint Project in LAC: scope, objectives and main results. Mauricio Velasquez. Senior Executive for Environment and Climate Change, CAF Development Bank of Latin America - Ecuador. | Download presentation
Water Footprint, advances and methodological adjustments for its application at the city level. Leandra Diaz. Expert in Water Footprint Management, Servicios Ambientales S.A. | Download presentation
Case study. Footprint Reduction Action Plan, Cuenca - Ecuador. | Download presentation
Catalina Albán. Director, Environmental Management Commission of the Mayor's Office of Cuenca.
Valeria Revilla. Technical Manager, Servicios Ambientales S.A.
About the webinar
The Cities Footprint project arose from the need to support municipal governments and decision-makers in the transition that their cities must undergo towards low-carbon development that is resilient to the effects of climate change. In five years of implementation, the project supported the formulation of policies, action plans and mitigation and adaptation projects in 12 cities in Latin America, and contributed to strengthening decision-making processes in urban planning and management, including the climate change variable.
The webinar will present the results of the project, the adjustments made to the water footprint methodology to be applied in cities and the experience of the Footprint Reduction Action Plan of the City of Cuenca, Ecuador. The webinar will be held at Spanish. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat: info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists
Mauricio has more than 8 years of experience as Executive Director of the Environment and Climate Change Department of CAF (Development Bank of Latin America). He has been director of the Strategic Environmental and Social Management Program for Financial Institutions (PGASIF). Since 2015 he is the co-chair of the Latin American Working Group UNEP FI, and promoter of the Sustainable Finance Protocol of the Bank of Ecuador. He has participated as a member of the core group that elaborated the Management Plan for the Galapagos National Park and worked in the Galapagos National Park as Coordinator of Research and Development Projects. He holds a Master's degree in Environmental Biology and Forestry from SUNY (State University of New York).Environmental Engineer with a diploma in Environmental Impact Assessment Studies. National and international experience in the design and execution of projects with a focus on conservation, environment, gender and generational issues, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, forest and water resource management. Inter-institutional relations and work with communities. Part of the group of experts in Water Footprint in Latin America. In the Cities Footprint Project, she is an expert in Water Footprint management.Director of the Environmental Management Commission (CGA) of the Autonomous Decentralized Government of Cuenca. Specialist in garden and landscape design from Universidad del Azuay, Master in Environmental Management from Universidad del Azuay.
She is an environmental engineer and has been part of the team of Servicios Ambientales S.A. since the beginning of the creation and design of the services they offer related to the measurement of Carbon Footprint and Water Footprint, initially in companies, until its implementation and adaptation at the level of cities and large-scale events. Since 2012, he is responsible for the Technical Management of the Cities Footprint Project in 12 cities in LAC.
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