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About the Event:
On September 14, the virtual event "One Region, One Commitment: Accelerating the Sustainability Revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean" will take place for the second year.
This year’s event will feature panelists from governments, private sector, academia, and civil society and the six panels will discuss key issues for climate change leading up to COP27 in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt which will take place in November 2022.
Do not miss this one-day event where we will talk about how we, as a region, can accelerate the sustainability revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Meet the speakers
Mauricio Claver-Carone
IDB President
Juan Pablo Bonilla
Manager, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector
Tais Gadea Lara
Bachelor in Social Communication from the University of Buenos Aires,
co-founder of Conexión Coral
Omar Dario Cardona
Manager at Ingeniar Risk Intelligence
Ignacio Escuder Bueno
Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain
Cristina Rodríguez Valladares
Director of Adaptation to Climate Change and Desertification at MINAM Peru
Oscar Meave
Coordinator of the Technical Unit of Dams at the Bolivian Ministry of Environment and Water (MMAYA)
Melissa Barandiaran
Senior Environmental Specialist at the Environmental and Social Risk Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank
Milciades Concepción
Minister of Environment in Panama
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Executive Secretary at the Convention on Biological Diversity
Agostina Pechi
Managing Director at Goldman, Sachs & Co
Mary Ruckelshouse
Managing Director at Stanford NatCap Program
Gregory Watson
Principal Specialist, Biodiversity and Natural Capital at the Climate Change Division of the Inter-American Development Bank
Daniela Acuña
Head of Sustainability and Climate Change Department at ODEPA at the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile
Adrien Vogt-Schilb
Senior Economist at the Climate Change Division of the Inter-American Development Bank.
Milagros Sandoval
General Director of Climate Change and Desertification at the Ministry of Environment of Peru
Mónica Araya
Mónica Araya, Distinguished Fellow, ClimateWorks.
Graham Watkins
Chief of the Climate Change Division at the Inter-American Development Bank
Rocilda Nunta Guimaraes
Intercultural Vice-Minister of Peru
Wilma Mendoza Miro
President of the National Confederation of Indigenous Women of Bolivia
Timothy Tucker
President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Tatiana Schor
Chief of the Amazon Unit of the Climate Change and Sustainability Sector at the Inter-American Development Bank
Michelle Espinach
Sustainable Banking Manager at Banco Promérica de Costa Rica
Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski
President of Desenvolve SP
Mariana Escobar
Head of the Sustainable Finance Hub at the Financial Superintendence in Colombia
Maria Eugenia Sosa Taborda
Coordinator of the Latin America and the Caribbean Network at Banco Promérica of Costa Rica
Gianleo Frisari
Senior Economist at the Capital Markets Division of the Inter-American Development Bank
Henry Valencia
Undersecretary at Labor of the Ministry of Labor in Ecuador
Claudia Strambo
Research Associate at the Stockholm Environment Institute
Gloria Ortega
Consultant at the Labor Markets and Social Security Division of the Inter-American Development Bank
Laura Ripani
Chief at the Labor Markets and Social Security Division of the Inter-American Development Bank
Agenda
Day 1
Sep. 14, 2022
High-level Opening Session:
9:15 -
9:30 a.m. EDT
Accelerating the Sustainability Revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mauricio Claver-Carone
President of the Inter-American Development Bank
Challenges for Sustainable and Inclusive Development in the Amazon
9:30 -
10:30 a.m. EDT
Rocilda Nunta Guimaraes
Intercultural Vice-Minister of Peru
Wilma Mendoza Miro
President of the National Confederation of Indigenous Women of Bolivia
Timothy Tucker
President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Moderator:
Tatiana Schor
Chief of the Amazon Unit of the Climate Change and Sustainability Sector at the Inter-American Development Bank
Break
10:30 -
10:35 a.m. EDT
Integrated Approaches to Address Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss:
10:35 -
11:35 a.m. EDT
Benefits, Trade-Offs, and Challenges
Milciades Concepción
Minister of Environment in Panama
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Executive Secretary at the Convention on Biological Diversity
Agostina Pechi
Managing Director at Goldman, Sachs & Co
Mary Ruckelshouse
Managing Director at Stanford NatCap Program
Moderator:
Greg Watson
Principal Specialist, Biodiversity and Natural Capital at the Climate Change Division of the Inter-American Development Bank
Break
11:35 -
11:40 a.m. EDT
Let's Get to Work:
11:40 a.m. -
12:40 p.m. EDT
Unlocking 15 Transformations Towards a Zero Carbon Economy
Daniela Acuña
Head of Sustainability and Climate Change Department at ODEPA at the Ministry of Agriculture of Chile
Milagros Sandoval
General Director of Climate Change and Desertification at the Ministry of Environment of Peru
Mónica Araya
Distinguished Fellow, ClimateWorks
Adrien Vogt-Schilb
Senior Economist at the Climate Change Division of the Inter-American Development Bank
Moderator:
Graham Watkins
Chief of the Climate Change Division at the Inter-American Development Bank
Lunch Break
12:40 -
2:00 p.m. EDT
Disaster and Climate Change Risk –
2:00 –
3:00 p.m. EDT
An Integrated Approach
Omar Dario Cardona
Manager at Ingeniar Risk Intelligence
Prof. Dr. Ignacio Escuder Bueno
Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain
Cristina Rodríguez Valladares
Director of Adaptation to Climate Change and Desertification at MINAM Peru
Oscar Meave
Coordinator of the Technical Unit of Dams at the Bolivian Ministry of Environment and Water (MMAYA)
Moderator:
Melissa Barandiaran
Senior Environmental Specialist at the Environmental and Social Risk Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank
Break
3:00 -
3:05 p.m. EDT
Sustainable Finance for The Future
3:05 -
4:05 p.m. EDT
Michelle Espinach
Sustainable Banking Manager at Banco Promérica de Costa Rica
Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski
President of Desenvolve SP
Mariana Escobar
Head of the Sustainable Finance Hub at the Financial Superintendence in Colombia
Maria Eugenia Sosa Taborda
Latin America and Caribbean Network Coordinator at UNEP – Finance Initiative
Moderator:
Gianleo Frisari
Senior Economist at the Capital Markets Division of the Inter-American Development Bank
Break
4:05 -
4:10 p.m. EDT
Delivering a Just Transition
4:10 -
5:10 p.m. EDT
Henry Valencia
Undersecretary at Labor of the Ministry of Labor in Ecuador
Claudia Strambo
Research Associate at the Stockholm Environment Institute
Gloria Ortega
Consultant at the Labor Markets and Social Security Division of the Inter-American Development Bank
Marco Valle
Director of Pro Solar Engineering Belize
Moderator:
Laura Ripani
Chief at the Labor Markets and Social Security Division of the Inter-American Development Bank
Closing Session, What’s Next on Climate Action
5:10 -
5:20 p.m. EDT
Juan Pablo Bonilla
Manager at the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank