VIDEO
Date: Wednesday, May 13th
Time: 9:00-10:30 (GMT-6)
Agenda
Introduction. Ana María Majano. Coordinator of the LEDS LAC Secretariat, INCAE Business School.
Introduction to the GHG Protocol Policy and Action Standard. David Rich. Senior Associate, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Case study: Air quality management plan of the metropolitan area of Valle de Aburrá in Colombia. Magdalena Fandiño. Air Quality and Emissions Specialist, Clean Air Institute.
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About the webinar
This webinar provided a brief overview of the GHG Protocol Policy and Action Standard, which can be used to estimate the greenhouse gas impacts of policies and actions. Over 270 participants from 40 countries were involved in developing the standard alongside the GHG Protocol Mitigation Goal Standard. As part of the process, pilot tests were conducted on 27 policies and actions in 20 countries and cities to make sure the standard works in practice.
The standard may be used at multiple points in time: before policy implementation (to estimate the expected future effects of a planned policy or action); during policy implementation (to estimate achieved effects to date and the ongoing performance of key performance indicators); and after policy implementation (to estimate what effects a policy or action has had on GHG emissions).
Following a presentation on the standard, the case of the air quality management plan of the metropolitan area of Valle de Aburrá in Colombia will be presented as an example from piloting the standard in Latin America.
The webinar was in English.
About the speakers
David Rich. Senior Associate, World Resources Institute (WRI)
Senior Associate with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol at the World Resources Institute. He focuses on monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) and has developed greenhouse gas accounting and reporting standards for climate change policies, mitigation goals, corporate GHG inventories, product life cycle accounting, and guidance for mandatory GHG reporting.
Magdalena Fandiño. Air Quality and Emissions Specialist, Clean Air Institute.
Environmental Engineer with a Master degree in Engineering with emphasis on Air Quality and Emissions and has five years of experience in the environmental field specializing in air quality. She participated in the development of the Air Quality Management Plan for Bogotá and audited the air quality management plan for the Aburrá Valley. She has been supporting the World Resources Institute (WRI) as part of the technical working group and in the development of the Policies and Actions Accounting and Reporting Standard.