Promoting Carbon Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean, High Level Regional Dialogue on Carbon Pricing and MRV in the Americas

22 Jan 2018 | Event

Work area(s)

Sustainable development and human settlements

Topic(s)

Prices Carbon footprint

Event information

This event will facilitate a dialogue between the national and sub national governments of the Americas and other experts on carbon-pricing.

Date

22 - 24 Jan 2018, 05:30 - 15:00

Event type

Meetings and technical symposiums

Participation

By invitation

Address

ECLAC
Avda. Dag Hammarskjold 3477
Celso Furtado Conference Meeting Room
Santiago
Chile
View Programme of work

The events will include a High Level policy dialogue (22nd January) and two technical workshops (on 23rd and 24th). The Ministry of the Environment and the CPLC will also be hosting the first meeting of the Platform of Carbon Pricing in the Americas with the participation of national and subnational jurisdictions (January 23). Also, the Ministry of the Environment will be hosting the first a meeting of the Pacific Alliance MRV Working Group (January 24).

These events will bring together public authorities and experts from public and private sectors, from the Americas as well as international experts from California, Canada and Europe, to discuss carbon-pricing and the development of carbon markets in the region.

Programme of work

22 January 2018

  • Arrival & Registration

    -

  • Welcome & Ministerial Remarks

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    Presentation(s)

    • Jorge Canals. Vice-Minister of the Environment, Chile

      Audio

    • Joseluis Samaniego, Chief, Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division (SDHS), ECLAC.

      Audio

    • James Close, Director, Climate Change, World Bank

      Audio

    • Patricia Peña, Canadian Ambassador

      Audio

  • Taking Stock: Experience and Challenges of Implementing Carbon Pricing in the Americas

    -
    Presentation(s)

  • Coffee Break

    -

  • Taking stock: Carbon-Pricing in national jurisdictions

    -
    Presentation(s)

  • Considerations in advancing the carbon pricing agenda: perspectives from private sector

    -
    Presentation(s)

    • Moderator Angela Nanue Churie, CPLC Secretariat

      Audio

    • Claudio Seebach, Executive Vice-President, Generadoras de Chile

      File

      Audio

      Video

    • Eduardo Piquero, Director Mexico Carbon Platform (MEXICO2), Stock Exchange. Mexico.

      Audio

    • Marina Grossi, Brazil

      Audio

    • Dirk Forrister, President & CEO, IETA

      Audio

    • Discussion

      Audio

  • Lunch

    -

  • Implementing Carbon Pricing Instruments in the Americas

    -

  • Carbon Pricing: Technical Implementation and Challenges

    -
    Presentation(s)

  • Coffee Break

    -

  • High Level Panel

    -
    Presentation(s)

    • Moderator: Joseluis Samaniego, Chief, SDHS, ECLAC.

      Audio

    • Marcelo Mena. Minister of the Environment, Chile.

      File

      Audio

      Video

    • Andrés Rebolledo, Minister of Energy, Chile

      Audio

    • Carlos B. Gentile – Under Secretary of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Argentina

      Audio

    • Neeraj Prasad, Manager , Carbon Markets & Innovation, World Bank.

      Audio

    • Martin Lajoie, Environment Canada.

      Audio

    • Discussion

      Audio

  • Conclusions & Closing Remarks

    Presentation(s)

    • James Close, Director, Climate Change, World Bank,

    • Marcelo Mena, Minister of the Environment

      Audio

  • COCKTAIL RECEPTION

    -

23 January 2018

  • Arrival & Registration

    -

  • Technical Dialogue: What is MRV? Why MRV & Collaboration Matters for Regional Green Growth

  • Coffee Break

    -

  • Market Linkage & Compatibility Building Blocks: MRV, Registries and Practical Experience

    -
    Presentation(s)

  • MRV Landscape & Linkage Building Bloc

  • Measuring & Reporting Emissions and Offsets

    -
    Presentation(s)

  • -

    -
    Presentation(s)

    • Neeraj Prasad, Manager, Carbon Markets & Innovation, World Bank

      Audio

    • Rodrigo Pizarro, Ministry of the Environment, Chile

      Audio

  • Lunch

    -

  • Technical Session: Mitigation through sustainable transport destabilize Chile's Economy, and it's projections towards Latin America

    -
    Presentation(s)

    • Facilitator: Joseluis Samaniego, Chief, Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division, ECLAC

    • Panelist: Rodrigo Andrade, Regional Director NGO Latin American Energy Mining Dialogue, Co Founder Latin American Sustainable Leadership Platform

      File

    • Discussant : Luis Miguel Galindo, Climate Change expert

    • Questions and Answers

  • Working Group Meeting on Carbon Pricing Platform of the Americas. Convened by Canada, Chile, México and the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC)

    -
    Presentation(s)

  • Welcome Remarks: Day 1 Highlights & Day 2 Overview

    Presentation(s)

    • Cristián Franz, Superintendent of the Environment.

      Audio

    • Joseluis Samaniego, Chief, SDHS, ECLAC.

      Audio

  • Carbon Markets, Bilateral agreements, and MRV

    Presentation(s)

  • Closing Remarks

    -
    Presentation(s)

Organizing institution

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ECLAC

Contact

Orlando Reyes

[email protected]

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