Webinar: COP21, Paris Agreements and implications for the Caribbean, Feb. 4, 2016

View over Soufriere, St. Lucia, Caribbean (source: flickr/ donnierayjones, creative commons)

Alexander Richter 25 Oca 2016

A webinar by New Energy Events, the host of the Geothermal in Latin America and the Caribbean (GeoLAC) event held in November last year, will be hosting a rather interesting webinar.

The webinar will be held Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 10:00 am (EST)

Participants will be:

• Amal-Lee Amin, Division Chief, Infrastructure and Environment Sector, Climate Change and Sustainability Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• Jerry Butler, Executive Director (Alternate), Caribbean Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• Stephen O’Malley, UN Resident Coordinator, UNDP
• Lisa Viscidi, Director of the Energy, Climate Change and Extractive Industries Program, Inter-American Dialogue (moderator)

While the adoption of the Paris Agreement at the 21st annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a potential game-changer, is it enough to make a difference for the low-lying, small-island states that advocated for “1.5 to stay alive”? Over the course of the webinar, panelists will discuss the following:

• What measures will small-island states need to take to adapt to the inevitable impacts of rising sea levels and increased storm severity? Do they have the capacity – capital and human resources – to implement these measures?
• Are regional and international development organizations coordinated and constructively engaged? What new resources will be available to the Caribbean out of COP21 and the Paris Agreement?
• What Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to reducing emissions did Caribbean states commit to and how will renewable energy play into attaining these targets?
• What mechanisms/tools – e.g. financing, regulatory, policy – will be most useful to achieving NDCs over the next five years?

To register visit this website.