This webinar took place on 29 March 2017 and it presented a guide for Latin American countries with detailed information on international funding sources.
The event was part of the webinar series organised by EUROCLIMA and LEDS LAC that present various key actions and Thematic Studies developed by EUROCLIMA.
Agenda
Introduction. Ana María Majano. Coordinator of the LEDS LAC Secretariat, Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE).
1. Regional characteristics and trends of climate financing in Latin America, with emphasis on NDC implementation.
Jan Karremans. Director of the Technical Assistance, EUROCLIMA. Download presentation [PDF]
2. Guide to access the principal climate financing initiatives in Latin America.
Alejandra Sofia Castillo. Climate finance consultant of the Technical Assistance, EUROCLIMA. Download presentation [PDF]
3. Access to climate finance: experiences from Latin America.
Sandra Guzmán. Coordinator of the Climate Finance Group of Latin America and the Caribbean. Download presentation [PDF]
About the webinar
There is a gap between available financial resources to implement climate actions and their actual use by Latin American countries. The dispersion of information on relevant funds is one of the challenges that countries must overcome in order to improve access to climate finance.
The webinar presented a guide for Latin American countries with detailed information on international funding initiatives. The study "Climate Finance and NDCs in Latin America: A Guide to Facilitate Access to International Funding Initiatives" will be published in May 2017 as number 10 of a series of Thematic Studies by EUROCLIMA's Technical Assistance. It provides relevant data on 25 of the most important funds active in Latin America. By facilitating access to funding initiatives, the guide supports the implementation of climate actions in the framework of the NDCs. An infographic on key findings is available online.
This webinar was held in Spanish.
About the panelists
Jan Karremans
Anthropologist with a Master in Public Administration and Statistics; Climate Change specialist, with more than 25 years of experience in Latin America. He has led local development projects as well as regional programs in Latin America. He has worked for many institutions, such as the European Commission, IDB, World Bank, CATIE, IICA, IUCN and European and Latin American governments, as an advisor, researcher, teacher and consultant. He is the author of many books and articles.
Alejandra Sofia Castillo
Alejandra has several years of experience with Ministries in El Salvador and the United States, with international cooperation agencies and with the European Union. She has been head of the team of the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs and climate finance specialist of the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development.
Sandra Guzmán
She has been working on areas such as climate change, energy, sustainable transport, air quality, biofuels, and others. Sandra had been actively participating in several international conferences in representation of the Mexican civil society, such as COP14, COP15 and COP16. She studied International Relations at the University of Mexico (UNAM) and has two specializations, one on Environmental and Energy Management in the Latin-American Social Science University and other in Environmental Law at UNAM.
