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People transforming the development

Regional Workshop

III Regional Workshop: From Planning to Implementation

ECLAC (Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile)
October 08 to 10, 2014
Tercer taller regional de la plataforma LEDS LAC

About the Workshop

From October 08 to 10, 2014, the Third Regional Workshop of the Platform was held in Santiago, Chile: "LEDS in Latin America and the Caribbean: From planning to implementation", jointly organized by the LEDS LAC Platform, the Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Climate Change Office of the Ministry of Environment of Chile.

The III Workshop was a success and the objectives were met. During the three days 106 people attended, from 20 different countries. The inauguration was in charge of the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena; the Director of IDDRI, Teresa Ribera; the Head of the Climate Change Office of the Ministry of Environment of Chile, Fernando Farías; and Margarita Astrálaga, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the UNEP Program. The moderator of the workshop was Hernán Blanco, from the MAPS Chile project.

This event provided a forum for government officials, international organizations, technical experts and other stakeholders in the region to share experiences and best practices, participate in training, establish collaborative links, and find innovative ways to advance low-emission and climate-resilient development.

It also sought to consolidate the construction of a shared vision, seek synergies with other regional initiatives, and delve into the priorities, services and collaborative activities that will be addressed by the Regional Platform and its global platform in 2015 in response to the common needs of the countries of the region.

Workshop objectives

  • Promote low-emission development with a focus on resilience through the exchange of approaches, experiences, knowledge and best practices among experts from the LAC region and the world, especially related to the topics prioritized by the platform.
  • Socialize and strengthen ongoing initiatives related to low emission development (LEDS) through the exchange and learning among projects and professionals (peers) and promoting networking spaces.
  • Promote the platform's services, take advantage of the specialized service offerings of the global working groups and seek synergies with other initiatives.
  • Consolidate progress on the agreements reached for the LAC region at the second regional workshop in Lima, Peru and the third global LEDS GP workshop in Ethiopia, and detail priorities as input for the 2015 work plan.

Schedule

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Presentations


    DAY 1. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 08

    Keynote Speech: Impacts of Climate Change in LAC

    Keynote address: Reconciling development and decarbonization: What is required as a result?

    Plenary 1. Promoting a low-emission development vision in Chile - from planning to implementation
    Moderator: Fernando Tudela, Research Professor at the Center for Global Change and Sustainability in the Southeast.

    Plenary 2. Introduction. Progress and challenges of LEDS GP and LEDS LAC Regional Platform and workshop objectives and methodology.

    Plenary 3. Implementing Low Emission Development in LAC - Experiences from other countries in the region
    Moderator: Ana María Majano, INCAE Business School and LEDS LAC Secretariat

    • Moisés Álvarez, Technical Director of the National Council on Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism, Dominican Republic. Download presentation
    • Thalía Hernández, Deputy Director of Indicators, Economic Valuation and Natural Resources, National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC), Mexico. Download presentation

    Plenary 4. Presentation of the main findings of the report "Green Growth Best Practices".

    • Ron Benioff, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Download presentation
    • Hilen Meirovich, IDB
    • Hernan Carlino, Torcuato di Tella Foundation

    DAY 2. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9

    Parallel working tables 1. Financing the implementation of LEDS

    Table 1A. Climate finance readiness (World Bank)
    Moderator: Sarah Cardona, World Bank. Download presentation

    Table 1B. National climate finance strategies (E3G)
    Moderator: Gabriela Moya, E3G.

    Table 1C. Articulating with the private sector (INCAE)
    Moderator: Ana María Majano, INCAE Business School

    Parallel working tables 2. Policy coherence for LEDS

    Table 2A. Linking LEDS with resiliency (LEDS LAC)
    Moderator: María José Gutiérrez, INCAE Business School

    Table 2B. Linking LEDS and NAMAs (LEDS LAC)
    Moderator: Aida Figari, Libelula

    Table 2C. Articulation of transportation measures (LEDS LAC GTT)
    Moderator: Rodrigo Rodríguez, Asociación Sustentar, Argentina. Download presentation

    Deep dive 1. Green Fiscal Policy Instruments (ECLAC/World Bank)
    Moderator: Luis Miguel Galindo, Chief, Climate Change Unit, ECLAC
    Co-Moderator: Sebastian Miller, IDB

    Deep dive 2. MRV of NAMAs (GIZ)
    Moderator: Oscar Zarzo, GIZ. Download presentation

    Deep dive 3. Challenges and Lessons Learned in LEDS Planning (IDB)
    Moderator: Sandra López, IDB. Download presentation

    • Scott Williamson, Center for Climate Strategies. Download presentation
    • Fernando Farias, Ministry of Environment of Chile
    • María Isabel Cifuentes, National Competitiveness Program-PRONACOM, Guatemala. Download presentation
    • Thalia Hernández, National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, Mexico.
    • Paola Visca, Ministry of Housing, Land Management and Environment of Uruguay. Download presentation

    Deep dive 4. Complex Problems, Participatory Solutions - Designing and Implementing Participatory Processes for Climate Change Mitigation (MAPS) 
    Moderator: Hernán Blanco, MAPS Chile


    DAY 3. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10

    Plenary 5. Key considerations for addressing LEDS implementation: Articulating the national and sub-national levels

    To close the workshop, a collective exercise was carried out to share with the participants the main findings of the sessions, and to identify lessons learned, challenges and pending issues. In addition, the priorities of the LEDS LAC platform were validated. Download presentation.


Allies

The III Regional Workshop is supported, among others, by the following institutions:

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Coordination of the meeting

The meeting was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Chilean Ministry of the Environment and the LEDS LAC Secretariat.

For substantive questions related to the meeting, please contact Aida Figari, LEDS LAC Secretariat, email: [email protected] and Benjamín Infante, ECLAC Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division, email: [email protected]

Marketplace

This year, the III LEDS LAC Regional Workshop again included the MARKETPLACE, a space in which participants shared information about their organization, project and/or platform. Projects and initiatives presented included:

  • Information Matters (Chilean Ministry of Environment)
  • LECB-Chile Project (Chilean Ministry of Environment)
  • MAPS Chile Project (Chilean Ministry of the Environment)
  • OV/V GHG Accreditation Program (EMA)
  • Ricardo-AEA and its contribution to low-carbon development.
  • IDB-led projects
  • Corporate Climate Commitment (Libélula / Peru 2021)
  • World Climate Summit 2014 (World Climate Ltd. / Libélula)
  • Projects led by Euroclima
  • NAMA Livestock in Costa Rica (UNDP)
  • Closed Loop Production Program in the Americas (Division of Sustainable Energy - DSD/SEDI, OAS)
  • Urban LEDS Project (ICLEI)
  • LEDS LAC and LEDS GP platforms and their contribution to LEDS design and implementation.

Open Space

On Thursday, October 9, from 12:30 - 14:00, three Open Space sessions were held in parallel:

  • Program to certify the impacts of policies and actions on climate change
  • Work plan for the Transportation Working Group
  • Analysis of the cost-economic benefits of adaptation to climate change.

Through the Open Space methodology, small groups were able to discuss the proposed topics in depth.

Side events
In parallel, the following events were held at ECLAC:

  • Negotiators' meeting: October 8 and 9
  • OECD PRTR Seminar: October 9
  • IDDRI-ECLAC-UNEP workshop on sustainable development and climate change: October 8

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