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ADVANCING THE PARIS AGREEMENT:FROM TARGETS TO ACTIONS
PROGRAM GUIDE
Hosted by:
Hilton Mexico City Reforma18-20 October 2017 | Mexico City, Mexico
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Table of Content
About the LACCF
The Co-Organisers
Event Floor Plan & Your Contacts
LACCF Conference Agenda Day 1 - October 18th Day 2 - October 19th Day 3 - October 20th
LACCF Side Event Sessions Agenda
Main Partner Sponsor
Exhibitors
Outreach Partners
Your Notes
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About the LACCF
ABOUT The Latin American & Caribbean Carbon Forum (LACCF)
The Latin American & Caribbean Carbon Forum (LACCF) is a unique, free of charge regional conference and exhibition platform established in 2006 to promote knowledge and information sharing while facilitating business opportunities among main climate finance and emission market stakeholders.
This annual Conference and Exhibition is jointly organized by the World Bank Group, the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE), the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), the UN Environment and the UNEP DTU Partnership, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the United Nations Framework Convention (UNFCCC) secretariat, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF). With over 600 local, regional and international participants from private, public and the financial sectors, including the unique mix of co-organizers, the LACCF is the pre-eminent regional ‘Pulse Taking’ and 'Business to Business' platform in the region. It brings together leading policymakers, thought leaders and organizations in the field to share knowledge and information, discuss new market trends, propose innovative solutions, and identify business opportunities in the rapidly changing climate landscape, with a common vision for low carbon economies and societies.
The LACCF and the annual workshop of the Low Emission Development Strategies-LEDS-LAC are held back-to-back, becoming the largest climate mitigation event in the region in 2017.
Objectives
The core objective of the LACCF is to bring together main stakeholders of the climate change mitigation arena and the carbon markets such as:
• Designated National Authorities (DNAs), national climate change focal points, investment promotion agencies;• Project owners and developers;• Financial institutions, national development banks, stock exchanges, service providers and intermediary companies.
The LACCF promotes a discussion and exchange of experiences among these stakeholders and provide participants with the latest developments regarding emissions trading schemes, low carbon development and the future of the carbon markets . The Forum also facilitates debates around the international and national climate change mitigation policies to promote greenhouse gases (GHG) emission reductions. Finally, the LACCF seeks new impulses for increasing a higher volume of low carbon investments in Latin American and the Caribbean.
Welcome to the 11th edition of the LACCF!
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The Co-Organisers
CAF Development Bank of Latin America
CAF, development bank of Latin America, has the mission to promote sustainable development and regional integration by financing projects in the public and private sectors, and provide technical cooperation and other specialized services.
Established in 1970 currently with 18 member countries -16 in Latin America and the Caribbean with Spain and Portugal - and 14 private banks, CAF is one of the main sources of multilateral financing and an important creator of knowledge for the region.
More information on www.caf.com
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
The Inter-American Development Bank is devoted to improving lives. Established in 1959, the IDB is a leading source of long-term financing for economic, social and institutional development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The IDB also conducts cutting-edge research and provides policy advice, technical assistance and training to public and private sector clients throughout the region.
More information on www.iadb.org
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The Co-Organisers
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
IETA is a nonprofit business organisation created in 1999 to serve businesses engaged in the field of carbon markets. Our objective is to build international policy and market frameworks for reducing GHG at lowest cost. IETA aims to ensure that system design, implementation and review deliver a functioning, efficient market.
Our work is driven by six key goals:• To improve the credibility and functionality of today’s carbon markets• To promote quality, efficiency and effectiveness in future carbon markets• To provide leadership and and development opportunities for carbon offsetting• To promote effective linkages between carbon pricing systems over time• To support effective private sector models of engagement in climate finance• To showcase the power of markets in addressing climate change.
Our membership includes leading international companies from across the carbon trading cycle. IETA members seek to develop an emissions trading regime that results in real and verifiable greenhouse gas emission reductions, while balancing economic efficiency with environmental integrity and social equity.
More information on www.ieta.org
Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)
OLADE is an organization for cooperation, coordination and consultation, with legal status, whose fundamental purpose is the integration, protection, conservation, rational utilization, marketing and defence of the energy resources of the 27 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean:• 12 countries of South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.• 8 countries of the Caribbean: Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, and the Dominican Republic.• 6 countries of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.• 1 country of North America: Mexico; and 1 participating country: Algeria.
VISION: OLADE is the political and technical support Organization through which its Member States make joint efforts towards regional and subregional energy integration.
MISSION: To contribute to the region’s integration, sustainable development and energy security, advising and promoting cooperation and coordination among its member countries.
More information on www.olade.org
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The Co-Organisers
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in 177 countries and territories, UNDP offers global perspective and local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations.
UNDP is working to help countries address the challenges of climate change and remains the largest service provider in the UN system on climate change adaptation and mitigation. UNDP supports countries to transition toward low-emission and climate-resilient sustainable development, helps them to prepare for and build resilience to the impacts of climate change, and pursue low carbon development pathways that guarantee a cleaner, greener future. UNDP partners in many global dialogues, including the UNFCCC negotia-tions, as well as provides on-the-ground technical assistance for the many mechanisms on climate change. In this regard, UNDP has supported more than 140 countries to access and implement climate change initiatives.
More information on www.undp.org
UNEP & UNEP DTU
UNEP DTU Partnership (UDP) - Centre on Climate, Energy and Sustainable Development, is a non-profit UNEP Collaborating Centre established in 1990, hosted by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), and governed by a Man-agement and Policy Committee consisting of UNEP, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and DTU. UDPs overarching mandate is to support UNEP in implementing its climate change strategy, especially in the areas of low carbon development and climate change adaptation. Through in‐depth research, policy analysis, and capacity building activities, the Centre assists developing countries to transitioning towards low-carbon development paths, and supports the integration of climate change in national develop-ment.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, UDP currently manages and implements projects as part of their Technology Needs Assessment program, NAMA - related programmes like FIRM and ADMIRE, as well as the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT).
More information on www.unep.org
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UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): Based in Bonn, Germany, the UNFCCC secretariat provides organizational support and technical expertise to the negotiations and the institutions of the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol.
Included in this mandate is the support to the Executive Board of the clean development mechanism (CDM), through which projects in developing countries can earn saleable credits (CERs) by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To date, there are more than 7,500 registered projects and more than 250 registered Programmes of Activities in 100 countries. The CDM is recognized as a success in spurring investment in climate change mitigation and sustainable development, and as a pioneer mechanism in the carbon markets.
More information on www.unfccc.int
World Bank Group
The World Bank Group’s mission is to end poverty and boost shared prosperity, doing so in ways that promote environmental, social, and fiscal sustainability. It sees climate change as a fundamental threat to development and is helping to scale up climate-friendly policies and finance instruments. The World Bank Group’s participation in the LACCF is led by the Carbon Markets and Innovation Unit within the Climate Change Group, the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC), and the CF-Assist Trust Fund.
• The Carbon Markets and Innovation unit vision is to enhance global ambition through climate markets. • The CPLC is a voluntary partnership of governments, businesses, and civil society organizations working together towards a carbon price applied throughout the global economy. • The CF-Assist Trust Fund supports capacity development in client countries to identify and prioritize low-emission development opportunities, advance on national low emission development strategies and develop investment proposals to attract international climate finance.
More information on www.worldbank.org
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Event Floor Plan & Your Contacts
Event Floor PlanHilton Mexico City ReformaMexico City, Mexico
Your Contacts CAFCamilo RojasEjecutivo Principal / Ambiente y Cambio Climá[email protected]
IDBSusana CárdenasOperations Senior [email protected]
IETA Lisa SpaffordManaging Director, Geneva HQ & Strategic [email protected]
Olade Byron Chiliquinga Project [email protected]
UNDP Alexandra Soezer MDG Carbon Project [email protected]
UNEP & UNEP DTU Miriam HinostrozaHead of [email protected]
UNFCCC Fabiana RodriguesAssociate Program Officer [email protected] World Bank Marcos Castro R.Senior [email protected]
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Side Event Room(19-20 October)
Exhibition&
Coffee Break Foyer
Plenary&
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LunchArea
WorkshopRoom
Side EventRoom
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08:00 - 09:00 Don Diego FoyerRegistration & Visit the Exhibition
09:00 - 10:00 Opening CeremonyMeeting room: Don Diego 4
Welcome Remarks by Forum Partner Organizations
Official Opening by H.E. Rafael Pacchiano A., Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
10:00 - 11:00 Plenary 1 - Mobilizing Private Investment for Climate ActionMeeting room: Don Diego 4 As the latest New Climate Economy Report warns, “investment choices we make even over the next 2-3 years will start to lock in for decades to come either a climate-smart, inclusive growth pathway, or a high-carbon, inefficient and unsustainable pathway”. Achieving the climate goals Latin American & Caribbean countries set forth in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) will require transformative policies that incentivize and reward carbon emissions reduction activities. This joint plenary session focuses on Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) that can help channel public and private investments towards low emission, resilient, and inclusive development pathways.
ModeratorOmar RamírezEnvironmental Advisor to the Executive PowerDominican Republic
Mariana RojasDirector General, Climate ChangeMinistry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia
Olga SaumaManaging DirectorBusiness Council for Sustainable Development, Costa Rica
Pedro LernerCEOCELEPSA, Peru
Sean GilbertHead of Outreach and Membership, Country EngagementNDC Partnership
11:00 - 11:30 Don Diego FoyerCoffee Break & Visit the Exhibition
11:30 - 13:00Plenary 2 - What Role for Carbon Pricing for Delivering on the Paris Agreement? Meeting room: Don Diego 4
J. Stiglitz and N. Stern indicate in the recently-launched Report of the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices that a well-designed and robust carbon pricing strategy is an indispensable component of overall policy to efficiently reduce GHG emissions without penalizing economic growth. To date, only 15% of global emissions are covered by a carbon pricing instrument. This high-level discussion will explore tailored ways to expand coverage and impact of carbon pricing instruments in LAC region, and identify opportunities for growth and revenue generation offered by carbon pricing.
ModeratorBeatriz BugedaRegional Manager, Mexico & Latin AmericaThe Climate Reality Project
Enrique LendoHead of International AffairsSEMARNAT, Mexico
Steve HammerManager, Climate Analytics and Advisory Services, Climate Change Group, World Bank
Emilio Lèbre La Rovere Executive Coordinator, Center for Integrated Studies on Climate Change, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dirk ForristerPresident & CEO, IETA 13:00 - 14:00 Meeting room: Don Diego 1Buffet Lunch & Visit the Exhibition
Legend:High - Level Segment Cluster 1 - Climate Finance Cluster 2 - Carbon PricingCluster 3 - Sectoral Climate ActionCluster 4 - Transparency
Simultaneous translation provided in all sessions
Conference agenda subject to modifications
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DAY 1 - Wednesday 18th of October
14:00 - 15:30 Plenary 3 - Carbon Pricing in Latin America & The Caribbean: State and TrendsMeeting room: Don Diego 4 This session will present a LAC-focused overview of the current status and latest developments in the carbon pricing space. Taking into account the growing momentum to put a price on carbon pollution in the region, this session will also explore possible futures and ways to expand, deepen, and link existing domestic carbon pricing initiatives.
ModeratorDanae AzuaraManager, Mexico Global Climate ProgramEnvironmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Celine RamsteinCoordinator, Carbon Pricing Intelligence ProgramWorld Bank
Juan Carlos Arredondo Director General, Climate ChangeSEMARNAT, Mexico
Blas L Perez Henriquez Founding Director, The California Global Energy, Water & Infrastructure Innovation Initiative, Stanford University
Marina Mattar Director, Institutional Affairs and SustainabilityBrazilian Association of Chemical Industry (ABIQUIM)
15:30 - 15:45Short Break
15:45 16:45Workshop 1 - Where Carbon is Taxed: A Closer Look at the AmericasMeeting room: Don Diego 4
An increasing number of LAC countries have adopted or are exploring carbon taxes. While tax design and policy objectives widely differ accross countries, we can learn a lot from these early movers. What has been the experience of LAC countries in implementing carbon taxes? What are the key consider-ations in developing carbon taxes to ensure they work well with other policies? How to overcome traditional reluctance to new taxation mechanisms?
ModeratorMarcos CastroSenior Climate Change Specialist, Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) Secretariat, World Bank Group
Rodrigo PizarroHead, Information and Environment EconomicsMinistry of Environment, Chile
Sebastian CarranzaMitigation Coordinator, Climate Change DirectionMinistry of Environment & Sustainable Development, Colombia
Juan Carlos BelausteguigoitiaDirector, Energy and Natural Resources CenterITAM, Mexico
Carlos MuñozDirector General of Income PolicyMinistry of Finance, Mexico
15:45 - 16:45Workshop 2 - Pathways for Low Emission and Sustainable MetropolisMeeting room: Don Diego 3
This session aims to provide national, subnational and local stakeholders with a platform to showcase their initiatives, approaches or real actions on the ground to demonstrate how emission reductions and sustainable development benefits can be realized through better planning, public-pri-vate partnerships, efficient infrastructure management and competitive designed urbanization. Furthermore, the partici-pants will exchange views on ways to replicate and scale-up the presented best practices.
ModeratorGabriela Prata Dias Senior ConsultantCopenhagen Centre for Energy Efficiency (C2E2)
Óscar VásquezDirector, Climate Change Program & CDM ProjectsMinistry of Environment of Mexico City
Ricardo Bertolino Executive Secretary, Network of Argentinian Cities on Climate Change (RAMCC)
Eduardo Araneda Energy Strategy Coordinator, Environment UnitMunicipality of Temuco, Chile
Tomas Di LavelloManager, Planning and Distribution Studies, National Administration of Power Plants and Electrical Transmissions (UTE), Uruguay
16:45 - 17:15 Don Diego FoyerCoffee Break & Visit the Exhibition
17:15 - 18:15 Workshop 3 - Emissions Trading: Prospects and Challenges for Linked Carbon Markets in the RegionMeeting room: Don Diego 4 Much discussion has taken place in the past years around the opportunities behind further linking national and subnational GHG emissions markets in the Americas. The panel will provide an update on recent developments and prospects for linking emissions trading systems in the region. Are we heading in the right direction? To attempt a response, panelists
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will draw on their expertise and examine the METRIC Guide-lines - a framework aimed at helping policy makers and stakeholders assess the suitability and effectiveness of linking.
ModeratorEduardo PiqueroDirectorMexiCO2, Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV)
Thomas KansyEngagement ManagerVivid Economics
Soffia Alarcon-Diaz DirectorCarbon Trust Mexico
Mariza Montes de OcaProject ManagerInternational Climate Action Partnership (ICAP)
17:15 - 18:15Workshop 4: Moving Ahead of the Curve: Clean Mobility for LACMeeting room: Don Diego 3 Transport contributes by almost one-quarter to the current global energy-related greenhouse gas emission (GHG), and is growing faster than any other energy end-use sector. In order to grant a long lasting and sustainable urban development, in accordance with the Paris agenda, all national and local actors need to cooperate and implement new strategies of clean urban mobility. Speakers will showcase successful initiatives that have revolutionized the idea of urban transport.
ModeratorRodrigo RodriguezCo-coordinator, Transport Working GroupLEDS LAC Network
Jessie Vega MendezCoordinator of Climate Change and Resilient CitiesCenter for Urban Sustainability, Costa Rica
Jorge RogatSenior EconomistUNEP DTU Partnership
Adriana LoboExecutive Director (CEO) of World Resources InstituteMéxico
Eduardo OlivaresCoordinator of Advisors, Undersecretary of Planning and Environmental Policy, SEMARNAT, Mexico
18:30 -19:30 Don Diego FoyerLACCF 2017 Cocktail Reception
DAY 2 - Thursday 19th of October 08:00 - 09:00 Don Diego Foyer Registration & Visit the Exhibition
09:00 - 10:00Plenary 4 - Getting Down to Business: Climate Action Under the Paris AgreementMeeting room: Don Diego 4
Business action plays a significant role in the politics of climate change negotiations. Companies of all shapes and sizes are already innovating and taking the lead on delivering and deploying powerful solutions that support the global climate agenda and the Paris Agreement. This plenary and its high-level panel members, therefore, will provide an overview of urgent business climate change action and priorities in Latin America, discussing the key strategies for deep decarbonization.
ModeratorMassamba ThioyeManager, UNFCCC Secretariat
Neydi CruzDirectora General Adjunta de Cooperación Internacional SEMARNAT
Tapio KanninenPresident, Global Crisis Informaiton Network
Daniel RossettoDirector, Climate Mundial
Ash SharmaSenior Advisor, NAMA Facility
10:00 - 10:15Short Break
10:15 - 11:15 Workshop 5 - Carbon Markets Under the Paris Regime: Defining Transfer-Ready Mitigation Outcomes Meeting room: Don Diego 4
Article 6.2 encourages Parties to cooperate in achieving their NDCs through “internationally transferred mitigation outcomes” (ITMOs). However, the definition and required architecture to generate and transfer MOs are largely left to future negotiations. What lessons can we learn from early-movers about the new and unique opportunities presented for the next generation of international climate markets? What accounting frameworks, regulations and infrastructures may be required to ensure effective cooperation under Article 6.2?
ModeratorJeff SwartzDirector, Climate Policy and Carbon MarketsSouth Pole Group
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Vintura SilvaTeam LeadUNFCCC Secretariat
Rocío GarcíaAdvisorLibelula, Peru
Thomas ForthSenior Advisor, European and International Climate Policy Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Eduardo FerreiraSenior Financial Specialist World Bank
10:15 - 11:15Workshop 6 - Agriculture & Climate Change: Strategies for Resilience & SustainabilityMeeting room: Don Diego 3
Latin America could be the main provider of food to the world by harnessing innovation, investment and partnerships to drive sustainable and inclusive agricultural growth in the region. Companies are partnering with governments to increase sustainable production of commodities, engaging smallholder farmers. This session will focus on seeing concrete progress of efforts made so far in LAC region, promoting the expansion of public-private collaboration aimed to boost sustainable agricultural growth.
ModeratorJose Carlos FernandezConsultantUN Food and Agriculture Organzation (FAO)
Yuri SoaresUnit Chief, Knowledge Multilateral Investment Fund, IDB
Humberto JassoGeneral Director, National Chamber of the Sugar and Alcohol Industries, Mexico
Camilo Rojas Principal Executive Environment and Climate Change CAF- development bank of Latin America
Raul EspinozaConsultant, Environment & Climate Division for Latin America and The CaribbeanInternational Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
11:15 - 11:45 Don Diego FoyerCoffee Break & Visit the Exhibition 11:45 - 12:45Workshop 7 - CORSIA and the Future of Carbon Offset Mechanisms Meeting room: Don Diego 3
What is the current state of the (voluntary) carbon offset market? Are there new demand drivers emerging? The announcement of the Carbon Offsetting Scheme for Interna-tional Aviation (CORSIA) generated a renewed interest and potentially major market for carbon offsets. What can we expect in the next years from CORSIA and other carbon offsets mechanisms?
ModeratorDavid AntonioliChief Executive OfficerVerified Carbon Standard (VCS)
Kelley HamrickSenior AssociateEcosystem Marketplace
Eduardo SanhuezaAdvisor, Environment and Oceans Affairs DirectionMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Chile
Perumal ArumugamTeam LeadUNFCCC Secretariat
Urs BrodmannManaging Director First Climate
11:45 - 12:45 Workshop 8 - Clean Energy Strategies in LAC: Keeping up the Leadership in Alternative EnergyMeeting room: Don Diego 4
The session will highlight ongoing initiatives in the region to support climate actions on energy. The discussion will focus on how to upscale and replicate these initiatives aiming at achieving NDC targets. Select Energy NAMAs will be presented, which are the basis for NDC implementation strategies in several LAC countries.
ModeratorAndres SchuschnyProject, Studies and Information DirectorLatin American Energy Organization (OLADE)
Colin MattisDeputy Chief Climate Change Officer National Climate Change Office, Belize
John AugusteEnergy Officer, Energy Division Ministry of Finance and Energy, Grenada
Jeremaiah SerieuxCoordinator, Renewable Energy DivisionGovernment of St Lucia
Mats RinaldoSenior ExpertDNV GL
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12:45 - 14:00 Meeting room: Don Diego 1Buffet Lunch & Visit the Exhibition 14:00 - 15:30 Plenary 5 - Towards Achieving the 2°C Goal: Information Matters!Meeting room: Don Diego 4
The Paris Agreement calls for an “enhanced transparency framework” for action and support, with “built-in flexibility” accounting for the needs of countries with less capability. However, the Agreement leaves many key questions to further negotiations, including how to put “built-in flexibility” into practice, and how the Agreement’s transparency frame-work relates to the global stocktake and the implementation and compliance mechanism. This session takes stock of LAC countries’ position in the negotiation process; and discusses opportunities, challenges, lessons learnt as well as capacity needs for these countries to implement the transparency framework.
ModeratorMiriam HinostrozaHead, Low Carbon Development ProgrammeUNEP DTU Partnership (UDP)
Fernando Farias Head, Climate Change DivisionMinistry of Environment, Chile
Paulette BynoeChief NegotiatorGovernment of Guyana
Omar RamirezEnvironmental Advisor to the Executive PowerDominican Republic
Claudia OctavianoGeneral Coordinator for Climate Change and Low-Carbon Development, National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC), Mexico
Isabel StuderExecutive Director, Mexico & Northern Central America The Nature Conservancy
15:30 - 15:45Short Break
15:45 - 16:45Workshop 9 - Implementing the Transparency Framework: Initiatives and Lessons LearnedMeeting room: Don Diego 4 While the bottom-up nature of the NDCs enables broad participation and promotes innovation, the lack of transpar-ency and comparability of countries’ mitigation efforts could
make it difficult to ensure accountability and track progress towards the 1.5 – 2°C goal. Against this backdrop, a commu-nity of initiatives have emerged to support capacity building and develop assessment frameworks to ensure the account-ability of countries’ NDC implementation. This session will take stock of initiatives that are most relevant to the LAC region, discuss how those initiatives are interlinked, and explore how synergies can be harvested to avoid duplication.
ModeratorMonica EchegoyenCoordinatorInitiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT)
Karen HolmSenior ResearcherUNEP DTU Partnerhship
Milena Gonzalez Operations AnalystGlobal Environment Facility (GEF)
David NeiraCoordinator, Energy Efficiency & Carbon Finance PetroAmazonas
Rocío Lichte Advisor, BMUBIKI-Project Information Matters
15:45 - 16:45 Workshop 10 - It’s Pilot Time! Climate Finance & Cross-Border Cooperation in PracticeMeeting room: Don Diego 3 As the Paris Agreement Rule Book is finalized, a handful of country parties to the Agreement are going beyond thinking of ‘cooperative approach’ scenarios towards acting and pilot-ing such scenarios. Various potential benefits are driving these regional & bilateral discussions and projects (i.e., channeling clean finance, driving clean exports, acquiring low-cost reductions, MRV alignment etc.). Some of the most salient examples of this tangible action is occurring across the Americas. Join this unique session to learn about how Chile, Mexico, Canada and beyond are moving from aware-ness to concrete cooperative action in the post-Paris world.
ModeratorKatie SullivanManaging DirectorIETA
Martin Lajoie Senior Policy AdviserEnvironment and Climate Change Canada
Raúl DelgadoLead Specialist, Climate Change DivisionInter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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market and finance opportunities for host countries. Along with priority market demand opportunities, including but not limited to the emerging global aviation offsetting program (CORSIA), leading REDD+ practitioners, multilateral experts and regional governments will highlight the most promising and scalable REDD/land-use financing mechanisms at both project and national levels.
ModeratorAlexis LeroyPresident & CEOAllcot Group
Jorge Mario RodriguezExecutive DirectorNational Forest Financing Fund (FONAFIFO), Costa Rica
Gabriel JaramilloRegional Policy Advisor UNDP
José Román CarreraDirector for Latin AmericaRainforest Alliance
Leticia GutiérrezPublic Policies Coordinator, Alianza México REDD+The Nature Conservancy
DAY 3 - Friday 20th of October
08:00 - 09:00 Don Diego FoyerRegistration & Visit the Exhibition 09:00 - 10:00Plenary 6 - Finding & Following the Trillions: Climate Finance Unlocked Meeting room: Don Diego 4
According to a 2016 IFC report, the world’s major economies will require over $20 trillion in clean investment by 2030 to meet Paris targets. Such levels of finance require concerted action and cooperation among government, business and development finance institutions. With a focus on financial risks and opportunities across the LAC region, how do these players work in unison to create profitable and scalable climate resilient markets, jobs, and export opportunities? Speakers will showcase how scarce public funds are being maximized to leverage private capital into transformative mitigation action, and how to address the financing resilience puzzle.
ModeratorDirk ForristerPresident & CEOIETA
Lionel Lopez Vice MinisterMinistry of Finance, Guatemala
Alastair HandleyCEOClimate Smart Group
Enrico RubertusDirector, Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG) SecretariatGIZ, Germany
16:45 - 17:15 Don Diego FoyerCoffee Break & Visit the Exhibition 17:15 - 18:15 Workshop 11 - All in Play: Understanding the Impact of Non-State ActorsMeeting room: Don Diego 4
The immense challenge of climate change requires collective efforts by national governments as well as a diverse range of non-state and subnational actors. Taking stock of progress is critical for bringing new actors to the table, raising ambition and identifying gaps in the existing landscape of global climate action. Developing robust methods to disentangle non-state and subnational actions from national policies and to ensure comparability and transparency will be critical to effective tracking, analysis and avoidance of double counting. This session will elaborate on the importance and challenges of tracking non-state actors and the initiatives undertaken to serve this purpose.
ModeratorFrancisco MacielCo-Chair, Subnational Integration Working GroupLEDS Global Partnership
Edgar VillasenorRegional DirectorICLEI
Manuel OliveraRegional Director for Latin AmericaC40
Scott MullerDirector, Subnational ProgrammeGreenhouse Gas Management Institute
Luca BrusaTeam LeadUNFCCC Secretariat
17:15 - 18:15Workshop 12 - The Promise of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD): Financing Forest Conservation & Sustainable ManagementMeeting room: Don Diego 3
This session provides a spotlight on the latest trends, chal-lenges and growing opportunities across Latin America linked to REDD+. Learn how this works to protect forests and endangered wildlife, while driving co-benefits and new
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Enrique LendoHead of International AffairsSEMARNAT, Mexico
Juan Pablo VallejoSenior Climate Change AdvisorNational Planning Department (DNP), Colombia
Mateo SalomonPrincipal Executive Environment and Climate ChangeCAF-development bank of Latin America
Leslie L. DurschingerFounder & Managing DirectorTerra Global
10:00 - 11:00Workshop 13 - From Commitment to Action: Making sense of Climate Finance FlowsMeeting room: Don Diego 4
In addition to transparency of action, the Paris Agreement lays out the enhanced transparency framework of support. Understanding where finance flows is critical for targeting and reaching areas of opportunity and need for utilizing the limited financial resources most effectively, and for identify-ing the impact of provided support in developing countries. However, information on climate support needed and received has never been systematically collected. This session will discuss the guiding principles for an efficient mechanism for tracking climate finance; explore some of the initiatives for tracking these flows developed so far, challenges and lessons learnt.
ModeratorJuan Carlos ArredondoDirector General, Climate ChangeSEMARNAT
Gianluca MerloRegional Technical AnalystUNDP
Susana CardenasSenior Operations Specialist, Climate Change DivisionInter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Astrid PuentesCo-Executive DirectorInteramerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
Mariana CastilloResearch CoordinatorClimate Finance Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (GFLAC)
10:00-11:00Workshop 14 - Auctions for Climate Results & Attracting Private Capital Meeting room: Don Diego 3
In addition to traditional public finance instruments such as grants and concessional loans, innovative instruments are needed to mobilize private capital at the scale required to keep global warming ‘well below’ 2°C. Auctions can maxi-mize efficiency, transparency, and climate impact per public dollar while catalyzing private investment in low-carbon technologies. The use of these innovative tools to achieve climate goals is picking up speed across markets and borders worldwide. Join this panel to hear experts reflect on the use of auctions as a tool to achieving development outcomes at scale while driving mitigation results.
ModeratorCasiopea Ramirez Head of Regulatory Affairs Gas Natural Fenosa
Isaac Portugal RosasDeputy Managing Director of Market Monitoring and AnalysisSecretary of Energy (SENER), Mexico
Veronica IrastorzaAssociate DirectorNERA Economic Consulting
Stephanie RogersFinancial Specialist, Climate Change GroupWorld Bank
Thomas KansyEngagement ManagerVivid Economics
11:00 - 11:30 Don Diego FoyerCoffee Break & Visit the Exhibition 11:30-12:30Workshop 15 - Accounting and Accountability: Towards a Credible and Robust Carbon MarketMeeting room: Don Diego 4
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which allows Parties to use “mitigation outcomes” to achieve their NDC targets, could provide the basis for the next generation of international climate markets. However, the lack of comparability of mitigation outcomes, and the general uncertainty of the rules and protocols under the Paris Agreement could delay the process. In response, this session aims to discuss potential ways forward by discussing the principle that a robust MRV system should be built on, the lessons learnt from Kyoto mechanisms and the role of registries and transaction logs. It will also explore opportunities to leverage new technolo-gies such as Blockchain to ensure accurate accounting and safeguard environmental integrity.
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ModeratorMiguel RescalvoLead ConsultantNetworked Carbon Markets Initiative (NCM)
Victor EscalonaDeputy Director, Mitigation PoliciesSEMARNAT, Mexico
Frédéric Gagnon-LebrunAssociate and Program Leader, Climate Change Mitigation International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Sven BradenDeputy DirectorLIFE Climate Foundation Liechtenstein
11:30-12:30Workshop 16 - Green Bonds & Debt Instruments: The Promise & Pitfalls for LACMeeting room: Don Diego 3
The Latin American green bond market has exceeded USD $10 bn issued since its first issuances . 2017 has been an exceptional year with the value of issuance doubling, multiple credit ratings agencies joining the market, new geographies and industry sectors joining to market for the first time, inno-vative bond structures being launched and significant pricing advantages being reported in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. This session will look at the drivers - and challenges - behind this boom and discuss how to sustain this growth as the market matures.
ModeratorBerit Lindholdt-LauridsenSenior Operations Officer, Climate BusinessInternational Finance Corporation (IFC)
Carlos NoriegaPresidentMexican Pension Funds Association (AMAFORE)
Antonio CastañoHead of Credit MarketsBBVA Bancomer
Jaime Francisco BuriticáDirector, TreasuryBancoldex, Colombia
Alejandra CamaraDirectorGreen Unit, Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires (BCBA) Argentina
12:30-13:30 Plenary 7 - Building the Vision for Climate ActionMeeting room: Don Diego 4 In order to achieve pre-2020 emission reduction pledges and targets of nationally determined contributions (NDCs), a wide variety of initiatives and actions must be taken by a range of state and non-state actors, including sub-national govern-ments and cities. This session will explore ways to horizontal-ly expand and accelerate climate actions at all levels, with a focus on strengthening the links between the national and sub-national/local processes to raise the level of climate ambition (Pre-2020 and NDCs).
FacilitatorNeydi CruzDirectora General Adjunta de Cooperación Internacional SEMARNAT
Keynote AddressFelipe Calderon Honorary Chair, The New Climate EconomyFormer President of Mexico
PanelAna Belen MarinMember, National Assembly of Ecuador & Vice-President, South America Region, ParlAmericas
Ricardo BertolinoExecutive SecretaryNetwork of Argentinian Cities on Climate Change (RAMCC)
Juan Miguel PicolottiExecutive DirectorCentre for Human Rights and Environment 13:30 - 14:00CLOSING CEREMONY Meeting room: Don Diego 4
14:00 - 15:00 Meeting room: Don Diego 1Buffet Lunch & Visit the Exhibition
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LACCF Side Event Sessions Agenda
Day 1: Wednesday October 18thSide Event Room: Don Diego 2
13:00 - 14:00ALLCOT, de Kioto a Paris: Aportando Experiencia a los Nuevos Mercados de CarbonoOrganised by: ALLCOT
Importancia de los proyectos de reducción de emisiones de CO2 en la tarea de reducir las mismas a nivel global bajo el Acuerdo de París. Beneficios e inconvenientes de los proyectos realizados a partir de la experiencia de ALLCOT en el desarrollo de proyectos bajo los Mecanismos de Desarrollo Limpio (MDL) de Naciones Unidas.
Panelist:Sergi CuadratSustainability DirectorALLCOT
15:30-16:30La Inversión en Tecnologías Ecológicamente Racionales, Como una Herramienta de América Latina y el Caribe para un Desarrollo Bajo en CarbonoOrganised by: Olade & Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Promover el conocimiento y la utilización de ESTs en América Latina y el Caribe en el sector de energía, a través de espa-cios de difusión de los resultados del proyecto ejecutado por Fundación Bariloche, así como las experiencias de los bene-ficiarios de los estudios realizados, hacia esquemas energéticos de desarrollo bajo en carbono.
Panel:Coordinador Eficiencia Energética, Fundación BarilocheCoordinador Energías Renovables, Fundación BarilocheFuncionario CNE, República DominicanaFuncionario MINAE, Costa Rica
16:45 - 17:45Potential of Programmatic Approaches in Latin America for Paris Agreement Art.6 Organised by: German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)
CDM Programme of Activities (PoA) are a significant CDM reform achievement. PoAs lower transaction costs and often deliver strong sustainable development benefits. Supporting programmatic mitigation action is also a key ambition of Article 6 market mechanisms and results-based climate finance. The side event discusses the experience with PoAs in Latin America and their relevance for the next generation of carbon markets: How can the mitigation potential of existing PoAs be mobilized? And which lessons can PoAs offer for
future scaled-up crediting mechanisms under the Paris Agreement?
Panel: Vanessa Villa, Perspectives Climate GroupEduardo Durand López, Ministerio del Ambiente, Peru (tbc)Paul Melo Pérez, Ministerio del Ambiente, Ecuador (tbc)Marlen Goerner, GIZ Global Carbon Markets Programme (tbc)Project Developer Forum / Private Sector Representative
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Day 2: Thursday October 19thSide Event Room: Don Genaro
9:00-10:30Roundtable: Integration of Market Mechanisms and Potential Emission Trading Systems in Latin America for NDC ComplianceOrganised by: Mexican Stock Exchange
Several countries of Latin America declared that they will use market mechanisms for NDC compliance and the Pacific Alliance Countries, committed to identify voluntary market mechanisms between the region. Currently, different market mechanisms are already in place and is of great relevance to understand the interaction between them. In addition, has emerged the possibility of establishing emissions trading systems in the region, becoming essential to explore how they would be integrated into compliance. Final conclusions on how these mechanisms will adequate into Article 6.
Moderator: Eduardo Piquero, Mexican Stock Exchange Panelists:Nicolás Westeneck, Ministry of Environment, Chile Sebastian Carranza, Ministry of Environment, Colombia Ivan Islas, Carbon Trust MexicoKatie Sullivan, IETAMatias Pinto, Ministry of Finance, ChileJuan Carlos Arredondo, Secretary of Environment, Mexico
13:00-14:00MRV Systems in the Pacific Alliance: A Platform for Voluntary Carbon MarketsOrganised by: Government of Chile & World Bank Group
The panel will discuss the different MRV initiatives in the region, considering the recent Pacific Alliance Cali declaration in which the Presidents committed their countries to move towards voluntary emissions markets, and discuss progress towards common MRV standards.
Moderator: Marcos Castro, Senior Environmental Specialist, Carbon Markets & Innovation Practice, Climate Change Group, World Bank
Panelists:Rodrigo Pizarro, Head of the Information and Economics Division, Ministry of Environment of ChileSebastian Carranza, Climate Change Division, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, ColombiaVíctor Escalona, Climate Change Division, SEMARNAT, MexicoLorenzo Eguren, Climate Change Division, Ministry of Environment (MINAM), Peru
Day 3: Friday October 20thSide Event Room: Don Genaro
11:15 - 12:15The NACAG Initiative - Towards a Sustainable Transformation of the Nitric Acid Production SectorOrganised by: Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG) & GIZ
The principal goal of the NACAG is to increase pre-2020 mitigation of N2O from nitric acid production and incentivize the long-term transformation of the sector towards the permanent employment of N2O abatement technologies. The initiative was launched by the BMUB at COP21. Although effective abatement technologies are available at comparably low cost, N2O emissions from nitric acid production still occur in most countries. NACAG is offering financial support and technical advice to plant operators for the procurement, installation and operation of N2O abatement technologies. In return, partner country governments are expected to enter into a political commitment to take over the responsibility of enhancing mitigation activities from 2021 onwards.
Speakers will introduce the background and objective of the NACAG, its current status and important details about both, the financial and technical support, the initiative offers to partner countries.
Panel:Emilio Martín, Adviser at the NACAG Secretariat, GIZStephanie Rogers, Financial Specialist, Climate Change Group, World Bank
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Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Germany
The BMUB is responsible for a wide range of environmental and building related issues. Concerning climate policy, BMUB is responsible for policy on the national, European and international level. The Ministry’s mandate includes providing the German legal framework for emissions trading and the use of international credits for compliance purposes, cooperation with host countries, the CDM and JI and their evolution and relationship with the Sustainable Development Mechanism enshrined in the Paris Agreement, as well as emission trading and carbon pricing. Germany actively supports and participates in international dialogue on carbon markets in a variety of forums.
Contact: Thomas Forth, Senior Advisor, European and International Climate Policy, New Market MechanismsE: [email protected] | W: www.bmub.bund.de
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Exhibitors
ALLCOTDammstrasse 196300 Zug - SwitzerlandContact: Alexis Leroy, CEO E: [email protected] | W: www.allcot.com
CAF Development Bank of Latin America Edificio ING, piso 7,Bogotá Contact: Camilo Rojas, Ejecutivo PrincipalE: [email protected] | W: www.caf.com
CYSDAAv. Ricardo Margáin Zozaya No. 335Torre 2, Piso 6, Col. Valle del Campestre, 66265 San Pedro Garza García, N.L.Contact: Jaime Rodriguez, Senior DirectorE: [email protected] | W: www.cydsa.com
EPIC Sustainability (CDM DOE) No. 41, Anugraha, First Crossroad, Sundar Nagar, Near BEL Circle, Goku- la560054, Bengaluru, IndiaContact: Kondreddi Suryanarayana Murthy, FounderE: [email protected] | W: www.epicsustainability.com
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)Köthener Str. 2-3, 10963 Berlin, GermanyContact: Silke Karcher, Head of Division KI I 6E: [email protected] | W: www.bmub.bund.de
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) 1300 New York Ave NW Washington, DC 20577USA Contact: Susana Cárdenas, Senior Operations SpecialistE: [email protected] | W: www.iadb.org
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) 24 Rue Merle d’Aubigné 1207 GenevaSwitzerland Contact: Lisa Spafford, Managing Director, Geneva HQ & Strategic PartnershipsE: [email protected] | W: www.ieta.org
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Exhibitors
Olade D. Av. Mariscal Antonio José de Sucre N58-63 y FernándezSalvador Sector San Carlos – Quito, EcuadorContact: Byron Chiliquinga, Project ManagerE: [email protected] | W: www.olade.org
SEMARNATAv. Ejército Nacional 223, Col. Anáhuac, Ciudad de México. C.P. 11320Contact: Neydi Sagnite Cruz García, Deputy Director General for International CooperationE: [email protected] | W: www.gob.mx/semarnat
UNDP Calle Montes Urales 440, Miguel Hidalgo, Lomas de Chapultepec V Secc, 11000 Ciudad de México, CDMXMexicoContact: Alexandra Soezer, MDG Carbon Project ManagerE: [email protected] | W: www.undp.org
UNEP & UNEP DTU Marmorvej 51, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Contact: Miriam Hinostroza, Head, Low Carbon Development ProgrammeE: [email protected] | W: www.unepdtu.org
UNFCCC Martin-Luther-King str. 8 DE-53175GermanyContact: Fabiana Rodrigues, Associate Programme OfficerE: [email protected] | W: www.unfccc.int
World Bank 1818 H Street, NW, Washington DC, 20433USAContact: Marcos Castro Rodriguez E: [email protected] | W: www.worldbank.org/climate
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Climate Action Reserve (CAR) 601 West 5th Street, Suite 650Los Angeles, CA 90071Contact: Craig Ebert, PresidentE: [email protected] | W: www.climateactionreserve.org
CESPEDESCONSEJO COORDINADOR EMPRESARIAL LANCASTER 15, COL. JUÁREZ, CP 06600, MÉXICO D.F. Contact : Jesus Saenz, Representative E: [email protected] | W: www.cespedes.org.mx
CPLC1818 H Street, NW WashingtonDC 20433, USAContact: Angela Churie Kallhauge, ManagerE: [email protected] | W: www.carbonpricingleadership.org
Fundación Empresa & Climac/ Mallorca, 277, 4º -A08037 Barcelona, SpainContact: Elvira Carles, Director E: [email protected] | W: www.empresaclima.org
ICC33-43 Avenue du Président Wilson75116 Paris, FranceContact: Majda Dabaghi, Senior Policy ManagerE: [email protected] | W: www.iccwbo.org
MexiCO2Av Paseo de la Reforma 255Col. Cuauhtemoc, Cuauhtémoc06500 Ciudad de MéxicoContact: Eduardo Piquero, DirectorE: [email protected] | W: www.mexico2.com.mx
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