Day: Wednesday, August 16, 2017.Time: 09:00 - 10:30 am (Costa Rica time)Check the time according to your location: http://bit.ly/2vrhxGQ
Agenda
Introduction. Ana María Majano. Coordinator of the LEDS LAC Secretariat. Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE).
Centro Clima: the climate information system for the countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA). Ana Deisy López. Adaptation Component Coordinator, USAID Regional Climate Change Program, CATIE. | Download presentation
Coffee Cloud: climate information to reduce the vulnerability of the coffee sector. Mario Chocooj. Researcher and Technical Assistance, National Coffee Association (ANACAFE) Guatemala. | Download presentation
Clima Pesca: supporting climate-smart fishing. Jorge Lopez. In charge of Fisheries Climate, Organization of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector of the Central American Isthmus (OSPESCA). | Download presentation
About the webinar
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that Central America is the most vulnerable hotspot of the world's tropical regions, as it is an area highly sensitive to changes in temperature and precipitation patterns and to the increase in intensity and recurrence of extreme hydro-meteorological events that result from or are enhanced by climate change.
To address the negative effects of this process, rapid and effective actions are needed based on quality climate information adapted to the needs of the users. For this reason, the Regional Committee on Water Resources (CRRH), one of the Technical Secretariats of the Central American Integration System, is working in collaboration with several institutional partners and with the support of USAID's Regional Climate Change Program, on the development of Centro Clima, the first regional climate information system for Central America and the Dominican Republic.
This webinar will be a presentation of Centro Clima and two of its tools for specific sectors: coffee and fisheries. 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
She is currently working as Climate Change Adaptation Specialist for the USAID Regional Climate Change Program with CATIE. She has coordinated the design activities of the Regional Climate Information System Centro Clima and its tools, with the partners of the Program Consortium and with user partners. She worked as Director of the Environmental Observatory of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador, coordinating monitoring, research and warning activities for hydrometeorological, climatic and geological hazards. She is a Civil Engineer with a Master's degree in Water Resources and specialization in Mathematical Modeling for flood control in Denmark and land use planning of flood zones in Italy, and Researcher at the Coffee Research Center. He is currently responsible for coordinating and directing the Rust Monitoring and Surveillance System together with a team of research assistants of the Association. He has worked as a researcher and regional validator, attending two coffee growing regions of Guatemala. He has carried out validation and research work on topics such as: planting density, fertilization and amendments, seedling management, cup quality studies of different coffee varieties and climate change.Editor of Climate Fishing, Weekly Information Note, distributed by OSPESCA-SICA since August/2014. Coordinator of the OSPESCA-SICA Regional Working Group on Climate Fisheries and Aquaculture.
Additional material
Centro Clima is a space for communication and liaison between climate information generators and users.
It is a regional portal containing unified climate information, which provides inputs for better adaptation to climate variability and improvement of productivity, competitiveness and quality of life.
Clima Pesca is an initiative of the Organization of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector of the Central American Isthmus (OSPESCA) and aims to raise awareness and visibility of the impacts of climate on the sector, as well as to develop adaptation efforts to increase production and ensure food security, despite climate change and variability.