Special Webinar for journalists and communicators
Day: Monday, April 24, 2017Time: 08:00 - 09:00 am CST (Costa Rica time)Check the webinar time according to your location: http://bit.ly/2p54I0j
Agenda
Welcome and introduction.
Juan Carlos Peña. Associate, LatinClima.
Rodrigo Rodríguez Tornquist. President of the LEDS LAC Steering Committee.Asociación Sustentar, Argentina.
Presentation of Mrs. Patricia Espinosa. Edgar Gutierrez. Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica and President of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-2).
Entry into force of the Paris Agreement and implementation challenges for Latin America. Patricia Espinosa. Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Moderation of questions: Katiana Murillo. Coordinator, LatinClima.
About the webinar
The Paris Agreement provides a framework to drive a transformation process towards resilient and low-emission development in the Latin American region. With its entry into force in November 2016, this agreement commits countries to readjust their economic, social and environmental policies in light of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). This poses new challenges for climate action.
The webinar seeks to establish a dialogue between the Executive Secretariat of the UNFCCC and Latin American journalists and communicators to discuss the challenges for the region of the entry into force of the Paris Agreement, with the aim of promoting greater and more in-depth coverage on the subject.
The webinar will be held at Spanish and is exclusively for Latin American journalists and communicators. If you have any questions about this event, please contact the LEDS LAC Platform Secretariat: info@ledslac.org.
About the panelists
Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica and President of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-2). He is a professor at the University of Costa Rica, was co-founder of the State of the Nation Project on Sustainable Human Development of the National Council of Rectors in Costa Rica and founder of the Development Observatory of the University of Costa Rica in 1997. She has also served as coordinator of the Atlas of Cantonal Human Development, a joint project with UNDP.She has been Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change since July 18, 2016. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico from 2006 to 2012 bringing more than 30 years of experience at the highest levels of international relations on the issues of climate change, global governance, sustainable development, gender equity and human rights. She was appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations to the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post 2015 Development Agenda.