Climate finance in Latin America: accessing international sources for the implementation of NDCs
Date: March 29, 2017Time: 9:00 - 10:30 am (CST, Costa Rican Time)
Agenda
Introduction. Ana María Majano. Coordinator of the LEDS LAC Secretariat, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE).
Regional characteristics and trends of climate finance in Latin America, with emphasis on the implementation of NDCs. Jan Karremans. Director of Technical Assistance, EUROCLIMA. Download Presentation
Guide for access to the main sources of climate finance in Latin America. Alejandra Sofia Castillo. Climate finance consultant for EUROCLIMA Technical Assistance. Download Presentation
3. Access to climate finance: experiences in the Latin American region. Sandra Guzman. General Coordinator, Climate Finance Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (GFLAC). | Download Presentation
Additional material
Future of the Funds: Exploring the Architecture of Multilateral Climate Finance
About the webinar
There is a gap between the financial resources available to implement actions against climate change and those that are effectively used by Latin American countries. The dispersion of information on relevant sources presents one of the challenges that countries must face in order to improve access to climate finance.
This webinar will present a guide that provides Latin American countries with detailed information on international sources of financing. The study "Climate finance and NDCs in Latin America: a guide to facilitating access to international sources"It will be published shortly as No. 10 in the EUROCLIMA Technical Assistance Thematic Studies series and will provide key information on 25 of the main sources active in Latin America. This is expected to support the implementation of climate actions under the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). An infographic summarizing the information from the study is available online: http://bit.ly/fuentesfinanCC-ES
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
Anthropologist with a Master's degree in Public Administration and Statistics; specialist in Climate Change, with more than 25 years of experience in Latin America. He has directed local development projects as well as regional programs in Latin America. He has worked for multiple instances, such as the European Commission, IDB, World Bank, CATIE, IICA, IUCN and European and Latin American governments, as an advisor, researcher, teacher and consultant. He is the author of several books and articles and has several years of experience with ministries in El Salvador and the United States, with international cooperation agencies and with the European Union. He has been team leader of the Salvadoran Foreign Ministry and specialist in climate finance at the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and has experience in areas such as climate change, energy, sustainable transportation, air quality and biofuels. He has been a representative of Mexican civil society in international conferences such as COP14, COP15 and COP16. He has a degree in International Relations from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and two specializations: in Energy and Environmental Policy Management from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, and in Environmental Law from UNAM.
EUROCLIMA is a cooperation program financed by the European Union.
