The side event, titled "Towards enhanced climate action in Latin America", took place on Saturday 12 November 2016 at the EU Pavilion inside the COP venue in Marrakesh.
The event was attended by:
- Jean-Paul Joulia, European Commission, DEVCO/G2 Head of Unit, Regional Operations Latin America continental and the Caribbean, EuropeAid;
- Andrea Meza, Ministry of Environment of Costa Rica, Climate Change Director;
- María Delgado, Ministry of Environment of Uruguay, External Relations and Cooperation Adviser;
- Luis Miguel Galindo, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Head of Climate Change Unit;
- Philipp Knill, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Head of Special Division on Climate Policies and Finance; and
- Pedro Flores Urbano, International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP), Director and
- Mercedes Sánchez Pedrosa, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID), Directorate of Cooperation with Latin America and The Caribbean, Head of the Cooperation Department with Central America, Mexico and The Caribbean.
More than 70 people participated, including representatives of governments, think tanks, non-governmental organizations and others.
