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The Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week<\/a>will be held in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, from August 19-23, 2019. More than 3,000 attendees are expected to participate, including ministers from the region and senior representatives of multilateral agencies and non-governmental organizations.<\/p>\n The Government of Brazil and the city of Salvador, Bahia, will host Climate Week, which is organized in partnership with a number of international and regional agencies with the main objective of boosting the region's response to climate change.<\/p>\n Meet here the complete agenda<\/a>.<\/p>\n See here some of the events where the LEDS LAC community participates:<\/p>\n Side event<\/em><\/strong> Thematic block 2.2<\/em> <\/strong> Thematic block 3.1\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> Side event<\/em> Side event\u00a0<\/strong><\/em> Plenary 5<\/em> NDC Regional Dialogue<\/strong><\/em> NDC Regional Dialogue<\/strong><\/em> NDC Regional Dialogue<\/strong><\/em> Carbon Pricing, Markets and Sustainable Development in LAC<\/strong><\/em> Ready for the BTR? Implications of the Katowice Rulebook for Latin American countries<\/b><\/p>\n Organizers: Government of Chile, Partnership on Transparency in the Paris Agreement (PATPA\/GIZ) and Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Salvador Climate Change<\/strong><\/em> #LACClimateWeek Facebook UN Climate Change<\/a> - Twitter UN Climate Change<\/a><\/p>\n Facebook LEDS LAC<\/a> - Twitter LEDS LAC<\/a><\/p>\n Facebook UNDP Latin America and the Caribbean<\/a> - Twitter UN Development<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week will be held in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, from August 19 to 23, 2019. Meet here some of the events where the LEDS LAC community participates.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ledslac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ledslac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ledslac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ledslac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ledslac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ledslac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ledslac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ledslac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ledslac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ledslac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDiscussing the Regional Target on the Use of Non-Conventional Renewable Energy Sources\". <\/strong>(event closed)
\n<\/strong>Date: Wednesday, August 21
\nTime: 10:00 - 13:00
\nOrganizers: Ministry of Mines and Energy of Colombia with the support of IRENA and LEDS GP-NREL.
\nColombia, in its effort to increase the use of non-conventional renewable energy (NCRE), decided to join the Energy Transition Coalition, convened by the Secretary General of the United Nations, and has presented a regional initiative to reach at least 20% of NCRE penetration in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030, reaching 85. 087MW of installed capacity, where 36,128 MW would come from additional new capacity.087MW of installed capacity, where 36,128 MW would come from new additional capacity.knowing the ambition and the challenge that the establishment of this goal represents for the region, this space for discussion is opened to the countries of the region. <\/em><\/p>\n
\nInfrastructure, Cities and Global Action (Transport)<\/strong>
\nDate: Wednesday, August 21
\nTime: 13:30 to 15:55
\nRoom: SDG1
\nOrganizers: SLoCaT, UN Environment, C40, GIZ, LEDS LAC
\nMarina Grossi, President of CEBDS (Conselho Empresarial Brasileiro para o Desenvolvimento Sustent\u00e1vel - Local Chapter of World Business Council for Sustainable Development); Mr. Arnd Beck, Regional Representation for Latin America, European Investment Bank; Mr. Andr\u00e9s Alcal\u00e1, Principal Executive, Urban Mobility Specialist of Development Bank of Latin America (CAF); Ms. Anie Amicci, Urban Mobility Manager, Brazilian National Development Bank.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEnergy transition
\n<\/strong>Date: Wednesday, August 21
\nTime: 16:00 to 18:30
\nRoom: SDG1
\nOrganizers: IRENA, WBCSD, LEDS GP, GlobalABC, ICC<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Integral solutions for the implementation of transport components of NDCs
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\n<\/strong>Date: Thursday, August 22
\nTime: 12:30 to 13:25
\nRoom: SDG 7
\nOrganizers: LEDS LAC with Support<\/a>
\nModerator: Rodrigo Rodriguez, Sustentar<\/em>
\nPanelists: Ariel Filadoro, Ministry of Transportation of Argentina; Ram\u00f3n Cruz, ITDP<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEUROCLIMA+ supports climate policies: actions and projects in Central and South America<\/strong>
\nDate: Thursday, August 22
\nTime: 13.30 hrs
\nOrganizers: EUROCLIMA+
\nExhibitors:\u00a0<\/em>Jorge Pinto Antunes, DG Climate, European Union; Stephanie Horel, DG DEVCO, European Union; Mariana Gianiaki, National Association of Municipal Environmental Bodies (ANAMMA), Brazil; Cristina Garc\u00eda, Climate Change Mitigation Unit Coordinator, Ecuador; Hern\u00e1n Blanco, Fundaci\u00f3n Avina, Chile.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLong-Term Strategies and Decarbonization<\/strong>
\nDate: Thursday, August 22
\nTime: 14:30 to 15:40
\nRoom: SDG13
\nOrganizers: UN Environment, IDB, LEDS LAC
\nSpeakers: Amal-Lee Amin, Climate Change Division Chief, Interamerican Development Bank,\u00a0<\/strong>Agustin Matteri, UN Environment, Patricia Campos, Ministry of Environment of Costa Rica, Ivan Dario, Ministry of Environment of Colombia, Mr Benno Hain, German Energy Agency, Paola Herrera, CAEM - Corporacion Ambiental Empresarial, Colombia, Emma Torres, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOutcomes of Negotiations, the Road to COP-25 and NDCs in the Region
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\nDate: Monday, August 19
\nTime: 9:45 - 11:00
\nRoom: SDG 1
\nSession Chair: Mr. William Agyemang-Bonsu, UNFCCC Secretariat
\nSpeakers: Mr. Carlos Ruiz-Garvia, UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centre Panama; Ms. P\u00eda Zevallos, Lib\u00e9lula; Mr. Pablo Vieira, NDC Partnership<\/em><\/p>\n
\nConcrete Climate Action on the Ground: Resilience and Adaptation (focus on Latin America region)\u00a0<\/strong>
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\nDate: Monday, August 19
\nTime: 16:00 - 17:30
\nRoom: SDG 2
\nFacilitators: UNDP, World Bank<\/em>
\nSpeakers: Ms. Bel\u00e9n Reyes - Ministry of Housing, Land Planning, and Environment (Uruguay); Ms. Evelyn Rodriguez - Ministry of Environment (Honduras); Ms. Marleny Oliva Orellana - Ministry of Environment (Guatemala); Ms. Johanna Pinzon - National Planning Department (Colombia); Ms. Marleny Oliva Orellana - Ministry of Environment (Guatemala); Ms. Johanna Pinzon - National Planning Department (Colombia).<\/em>)<\/p>\n
\nCoordinated Action Plan on Financing NDCs<\/strong>
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\nDate: Tuesday, August 20
\nTime: 09:00 - 10:30
\nRoom: SDG 1
\nSession Chair: Mr. Gianluca Merlo, UNDP
\nSpeakers: Ms. Ana Bucher, World Bank; Mr. Raul Salazar, UN Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR); Mr. Carlos Sanchez, Willis Towers Watson; Mr. Mauricio Lavin Valenzuela, Chile; Ms. Gillian Guthrie, Jamaica.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCommunicating Carbon Pricing: Sparking Broad & Durable Stakeholder Support<\/strong>
\nDate: Tuesday, August 20
\nTime: 13:00 - 14:00
\nRoom: SDG 8
\nOrganizers: Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC), the World Bank Group, and the International Emissions Trade Association (IETA)
\nSpeakers: Mar\u00eda Paz Cigar\u00e1n, Lib\u00e9lula (Peru); Paulina Santos, MexiCO2 (Mexico); Guilherme Borba Lefevre , FGV (Brazil); Marina Grossi, CEBDS.<\/em><\/p>\n\nDate: Tuesday, August 20<\/div>\nTime: 13:30 - 14:25
\nRoom: SDG 7 (SL100-T01)<\/div>\nSpeakers: Isabela Santos, PATPA\/ GIZ; Mrs. Jenny Mager Santos, Head of mitigation and inventories department of the Climate Change Office, Ministry of Environment of Chile.<\/em><\/div>\n
\nMobilizing the money for city-level climate action<\/strong>
\nDate: Tuesday, August 20
\nTime: 9:00 - 12:30
\nRoom: SDG 13
\nOrganizers: City of Salvador with support from Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
\nPartners: ICLEI -Local Governments for Sustainability; CPI - Climate Policy Initiative
\nLanguage: Portuguese (and Spanish - translation available)<\/em><\/p>\nFollow the conversation on social networks<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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